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Power utility re-regulation in East European and CIS transformation countries (1990 - 1999): An institutional interpretation
von Hirschhausen, Christian R.; Opitz, Petra - 2001
This paper analyzes the process of power utility re-regulation in Eastern Europe and the CIS during the decade of systemic transformation (1990-1999); in particular, it explores reasons why early attempts to introduce competition-oriented reform models have not succeeded. We discuss advantages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300565
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Analysing agricultural productivity growth in a framework of institutional quality
Nomman Ahmed, Mirza; Maas, Sarah; Schmitz, P. Michael - 2010
This paper addresses the question whether the institutional environment of transition countries in Eastern Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307568
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Power utility re-regulation in East European and CIS transformation countries (1990-1999) : an institutional interpretation
von Hirschhausen, Christian R.; Opitz, Petra - 2001
This paper analyzes the process of power utility re-regulation in Eastern Europe and the CIS during the decade of systemic transformation (1990-1999); in particular, it explores reasons why early attempts to introduce competition-oriented reform models have not succeeded. We discuss advantages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274266
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Efficiency Analysis of East European Electricity Distribution in Transition: Legacy of the Past?
Cullmann, Astrid; Apfelbeck, Jürgen; von Hirschhausen, … - 2006
transition countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary). We compare the relative technical efficiency of East …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274272
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The East European financial crisis
Åslund, Anders - 2009
This paper discusses the global financial crisis of 2008/9 in thirteen countries, the ten new EU members that previously were communist and the three countries of Western former Soviet Union. Their problems were excessive current account deficits and private foreign debt, currency mismatches,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430838
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Rural Poverty in Transition Countries
Macours, Karen; Swinnen, Johan - 2006
-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the firmer Soviet Union. The paper presents a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313332
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Returns to basic skills in central and eastern Europe : a semi-parametric approach
Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla - In: The economics of transition 18 (2010) 1, pp. 183-208
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003970107
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Eastern enlargement and EU-labour markets : perceptions, challenges and opportunities
Boeri, Tito; Brücker, Herbert - 2001
This paper summarises the key findings of a recent study on the impact of Eastern Enlargement of the European Union (EU) on labour markets in the current Member States. The study focuses on three main channels, along which enlargement may affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391753
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Transition with labour supply
Boeri, Tito - 2001
Ten years after the start of transition, there are many puzzles we still have to live with. Why did all countries … labour supply. Surprisingly enough, the literature on the economics of transition has devoted little, if any, attention to … labour force participation decisions. In the models of the optimal speed of transition (OST) literature, the labour force is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391760
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The distribution of wages in transition countries
Newell, Andrew - 2001
This paper seeks to document and analyse changes in the distribution of wages and employment in the transition … the transition. Proximate causes of this increase seem to be sectoral shifts in employment and increasing inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400803