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Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarettes Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia

Herzfeld, Thomas; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Oskam, Arie J.; … - 2009

garden plot have a significant impact on the changes in consumption behavior in Russia. Regarding the macroeconomic variables …

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An Analysis of Gender Wage Differentials in Russia from 1996-2002

Hansberry, Rita - 2004

This paper examined the male-female differentials in hourly earnings in Russia from 1996 to 2002. The gender wage gap …

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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION

Petrick, Martin - 2010

historische Hinweise, dass dieVerbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringerist als …

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Outlook vs. Futures: Three Decades of Evidence in Hog and Cattle Markets

Colino, Evelyn V.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2007

indicate,with one exception, no meaningful differences in forecast accuracy between outlook forecastsand futures prices. The …

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How Much Can Outlook Forecasts be Improved? An Application to the U.S. Hog Market

Colino, Evelyn V.; Irwin, Scott H.; Garcia, Philip - 2008

flexibility and model averaging consistently outperform Iowa outlook estimates at all forecast horizons. Evidence from the … encompassing tests, which are highly stringent tests of forecast performance, indicates that many price forecasts do provide … incremental information relative to Iowa. Simple combinations of these models and outlook forecasts are able to reduce forecast …

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Can Parallel Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?

Roberts, John F - 2009

Commodity price uncertainty imposes large costs on society. On the macro level, it results in sudden and unexpected shifts in current account imbalances and real GDP volatility, while on the micro level, it leads to allocation inefficiencies. Accurate price forecasts have the potential to remove...

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Biases in Individual Forecasts: Experimental Evidence

Ackert, Lucy; Church, Bryan K.; Ely, Kristen - 2008

divergent information. We manipulate forecast ability so that two individuals are strong analysts and two are weak. In three …

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Particularistic and System Trust among Small and Medium Enterprises: A Comparative Study in China's Transition Economy

Tan, Justin; Yang, Jun; Veliyath, Rajaram - 2009

Guanxi, a type of particularistic trust observed in Confucian societies has mostly been viewed as a static phenomenon. It is not clear how the role of guanxi changes over time during institutional transitions. This field study of twenty one small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in two...

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Income Distribution and Price Controls: Targeting a Social Safety Net During Economic Transition

Alexeev, Michael; Leitzel, James - 1999

During the ongoing post-communist economic transitions, the relative well-being of many people is changing rapidly, and governments are not well positioned to accurately measure individual living standards. Under such circumstances, continued price controls over basic consumer goods within the...

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Entrepreneurship and Post-Socialist Growth

Berkowitz, Daniel; DeJong, David N. - 2001

characterization of the relationship between entrepreneurial activity and economic growth within post-Soviet Russia. Russia is a useful … stages of transition. Russia has also experienced striking regional variation in subsequent growth. Conditional on variations …

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