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Helping hand or grabbing hand? State bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2009
privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269020
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Helping hand or grabbing hand? State bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2008
privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288041
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ICT and productivity growth in transition economies: Two-phase convergence and structural reforms
Piatkowski, Marcin; van Ark, Bart - 2005
performance of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and Russia (CEER) relative to the EU-15 and the U.S. during the 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470744
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Rural Poverty in Transition Countries
Macours, Karen; Swinnen, Johan - 2006
This paper uses new poverty data based on household level surveys to analyze changes in rural poverty and rural-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the firmer Soviet Union. The paper presents a series of hypotheses to explain differences across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313332
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Gross Job Flows in Russian Industry Before and After Reforms: Has Destruction Become More Creative?
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2001
This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262559
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Russia's Financial Markets Boom, Crisis and Recovery 1995-2001: Lessons for Emerging Markets Investors
Süppel, Ralph - 2003
From 1995 to 2001 Russia witnessed an asset market boom, a deep financial crisis, and a surprisingly forceful recovery …. An event study of this episode provides important insights for Emerging Market investment and Russia's medium … conditions. Together with persistent commitment towards international integration this heralds a long-term convergence of Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689911
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Autopsy on an Empire : Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - 2005
Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262196
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Crisis and sustainable business in Central and Eastern Europe: Haniel-Seminar discussion paper
Kovalev, Mikhail M.; Lomagin, Nikita A.; Sutyrin, Sergei F. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302557
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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms : Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Fleisher, Belton M.; Wang, Xiaojun - 2004
a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271753
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International Capital Markets and Informal Dollar Standards in the CIS and East Asia
Schnabl, Gunther - 2005
Although most CIS and East Asian countries are de jure classified as free floaters, they de facto pursue (tight) dollar pegs. This paper emphasizes dollar denomination of shortterm and long-term payment flows as reasons for exchange rate stabilization. Based on the analysis of ‚competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295455