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The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand: Dogmatic and Pragmatic Views on Free Markets and the State of Economic Theory

Mittermaier, Karl - 2020

Using Adam Smith's notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Rod O'Donnell, Daniel B. Klein and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier's main thesis and...

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Megjegyzések navratil ákos elmélettörténetéhez

Csató, Katalin - 2008

Ákos Navratil (1875-1952) is an outstanding theoretical economist from the first half of the 20th century. A selection of his works was published as volume 8 in the series Classics in Hungarian Economics (Old truths and new theories in economics by Ákos Navratil, (int., ed. by M. Hild)). The...

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Malthus vs. Wordsworth: Perspectives on humankind, nature and economy

Becker, Christian; Faber, Malte; Hertel, Kirsten; … - 2004

In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...

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Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition

Farrant, Andrew (contributor) - 2010

This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...

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Why Sanctions Against Russia Work

Rácz, András; Spillner, Ole; Wolff, Guntram B. - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 1, pp. 52-55

Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia has been under an EU sanctions regime. While these sanctions have not … Russia's ability to wage war. This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the sanctions and argues that the EU should …

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To raise or not to raise? Impact assessment of Russia's incremental gas price reform

Heyndrickx, Christophe; Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria; … - 2012

The growing momentum for gas price liberalization in Russia is increasingly constrained by fears of potentially strong … liberalization can bring Russia on a substantially more sustainable path. The potential to foster adoption of energy efficiency …

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The Rise of Obesity in Transition Economies: Theory and Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

Huffman, Sonya K.; Rizov, Marian - 2007

contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data … education are important detfirminants of obesity in Russia. Empirical results strongly support our model for production of … education toward healthy lifestyles and healthy diet, could play a vital role in preventing obesity in Russia. …

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The Law of one Price in the Russian Economy

Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2004

Taking the law of one price as a test for market integration, the spatial set-up of Russia's market integration over …

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Assessing forecasting performance of business tendency surveys during the Great Recession: Evidence for Russia

Siliverstovs, Boriss; Smirnov, Sergey; Tsukhlo, Sergey - 2012

growth of industrial production in Russia. A special attention is paid to performance of survey-augmented models during the … recent Great Recession 2008/2009. Using the real-time data vintages of the index of industrial production in Russia we …

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Handling Banking Crises - The Case of Russia

Heinrich, Ralph P.; Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

Since August 1998, Russia has been suffering from a severe banking crisis. In finding a solution, two peculiarities of …

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