This study investigates the relationship between export structure and economic growth in Russian regions. We hypothesize that it is not industry variety per se but the variety of related industries located relatively close to each other in the product space that significantly contributes to...

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between export performance and economic growth in Russian regions. We propose a methodology for decomposition of export growth into intensive and extensive margins and distinguish between product- and geographic extensive components within extensive...

A tanulmány azt vizsgálja, milyen szerepe van a gazdasági felzárkózásban a tulajdonjogokat biztosító intézményeknek. A kérdést a technológia elterjedése oldaláról közelíti meg. Azt állítja, hogy mivel a tranzakciós költségek jelentősége a gazdasági fejlődéssel...

A tanulmány célja, hogy gazdagítsa és pontosítsa a gazdasági és politikai szabadság kapcsolatának elméleti magyarázatait. Ennek keretében a Hayek-Friedman-hipotézis értelmezésében a társadalmi rendekre vonatkozó elméletet (North és szerzőtársai [2009]) használjuk, s ez egy...

The aim of this paper is to argue in favor of theoretically well-founded empirical examinations on how economic freedom affects economic performance, which is not the case, as we argue, in most of the huge empirical literature developed after the construction of various indexes of economic...

This paper develops a simple model that helps understand an important fact concerning cross-country pattern of growth and institutions shown by BenYishay and Betancourt (2010). They show that civil freedoms, especially one of their components called Autonomy and Individual Rights, are more...

This paper suggests a broad concept of transition that is built upon the techno-economic paradigm framework, and defines transition as that institutional change process during which the 'match' between a new technology and institutions is attained. It is argued that the post-socialist transition...