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E-commerce and price setting: Evidence from Europe

Strasser, Georg; Wieland, Elisabeth; Macias, Pawe±; … - 2023

E-commerce has become more prevalent throughout Europe in the last decade. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated this trend, particularly in the retail sector. This paper focuses on the implications of increasing business-to-consumer ecommerce for prices and inflation in the euro area....

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Vulnerability and Bargaining Power in EU-Russia Gas Relations

Christie, Edward Hunter; Bev, Pavel K.; Golovko, Volodymyr - 2011

This report contains three separate papers, each addressing selected issues concerning natural gas policy and security of gas supply in Europe. The over-arching themes are vulnerability (to supply disruptions, to supplier pricing power) and fragmentation; and measures designed to overcome them,...

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Suomen teollisuustuotannon uudistuminen tuotantolinjatasolla

Maliranta, Mika; Valmari, Nelli - 2017

We characterize increases and decreases in plant-product -level output sales in the Finnish manufacturing sector during years 2006 to 2015. We show that during the recession of 2008 to 2009, the intensity of variation in plant-product -level sales diminished, and it took several years until the...

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Possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, scenarios for sanctions, and likely economic impact on Russia, Ukraine and the EU

Astrov, Vasily; Grieveson, Richard; Kochnev, Artem; … - 2022

It remains unclear whether or not Russia will actually invade Ukraine, and if it does so, what form this invasion will … take. In this note, we outline two broad scenarios: targeted strikes by Russia in Ukraine accompanied by further non … sanctions on either Russian GDP or the FX rate. However, we find that Russia is extremely vulnerable to a reduction in the price …

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Assessment of the humanitarian, economic and financial impact in the short and medium term

Astrov, Vasily; Ghodsi, Mahdi; Grieveson, Richard; … - 2022

the most severe economic and financial impact will be in Ukraine and Russia. Much of Ukraine is already devastated by the … the back of high energy prices. If the EU were to ban imports of energy from Russia, or if Russia itself limits or stops …, Russia and the rest of Europe has been changed radically by the events of the last few weeks. For Ukraine, if one part of the …

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The Russian economy amidst the war and sanctions

Astrov, Vasily; Kochnev, Artem; Stamer, Vincent; Teti, … - 2024

The marked turnaround in Russia's foreign trade in 2023 exerted strong downward pressure on the Russian rouble, which … Russian oil depressed prices even further; and on top of all that, Russia lost a large slice of what has historically been its …

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Are intergovernmental grants tactical? The evidence from Russia

Jarocińska, Elena - 2008

Two hypotheses about the determinants of Russian intergovernmental grants are tested empirically. According to first hypothesis, federal transfers to regions correlate with recent voting behavior of regional electorates. Second hypothesis states that transfers are higher in regions with...

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Experience in implementing social benefits monetization reform in Russia: Literature review

Sinitsina, Irina - 2009

(FSU). The paper focuses on the following issues: aims and motives of monetization reforms in Russia; expected outcomes of … planned Ukrainian monetization reform. The paper is based on extensive research on the monetization reform in Russia and …

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Restructuring and social safety nets in Russia and Ukraine - social security influence on labor mobility: Possible opportunities and challenges

Góra, Marek; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr - 2009

establishes theoretical models for different aspects of labor force mobility, discusses the availability of data on Russia and …

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Social security driven tax wedge and its effects on employment and shadow employment

Góra, Marek; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr; Sinitsina, Irina; … - 2009

, employment and shadow employment in Russia and Ukraine. The first section presents a summary of the economic and institutional …

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