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Employment and Wage Behavior of Enterprises in Transitional Economies

Swati, Basu; Saul, Estrin; Jan, Svejnar - 1997

, Poland, Hungary and Russia during the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The four main findings are: 1) There is evidence of some … of demand grew over the transition, starting from zero in Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia and from sizeable … similar and those for Russia had not changed significantly; 3) Once other factors are controlled for, there is no significant …

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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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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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Exchange Rate Regimes and Volatility: Comparison of the Snake and Visegrad

Valachy, Juraj; Ko?enda, Evžen - 2003

Exchange rate stability was defined as one of the prerequisites for monetary integration in Europe. In this paper, we analyze recent developments in the volatility of exchange rates of the Central European countries (the Visegrad Group) and a selected group of European Union countries (the...

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The Flat Tax: An Examination of the Baltic States

Greenberg, Deena - 2009

growth, shocking the world as they emerged as “Baltic Tigers” at the turn of the century. Russia adopted a flat tax regime in … the effect of the flat tax rate is largely confined to Russia. Additional research and analysis needs to be completed …

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International oil and gas exploration and development: 1991

2008

This report starts where the previous quarterly publication ended. This first publication of a new annual series contains most of the same data as the quarterly report, plus some new material, through 1991. It also presents historical data covering a longer period of time than the previous...

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Privatization and the globalization of energy markets

2009

This report reviews recent global efforts to privatize energy resources and outlines the opportunities and challenges privatization has presented to U.S. and foreign multinational energy companies. The group of energy companies studied in this report includes the major U.S. petroleum companies...

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...

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Exploring knowledge management to organizational performance outcomes in a transitional economy

Kiessling, Timothy; Richey, R. Glenn; Meng, Juan; … - 2009

The Eastern European Economies offer many major business opportunities but due to the transitional nature of their economies, these are highly complex and fraught with the socialist cultural disposition. There is a dearth of research into the nature of these opportunities/complexities,...

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The Reorientation of Transition Countries’ Exports: Changes in Quantity, Quality and Variety

Kandogan, Yener - 2003

The paper analyzes the factors behind the reorientation of transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional partners outside their former block. First, the amount of reorientation is calculated using a gravity model. Then, reasons for the cross-country differences in the rate of closing...

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