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Spechler, Martin C.; Spechler, Dina R. - 2009

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Perspektiven Russlands in der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO)

Koopmann, Georg - 2012

Der Beitritt Russlands zur WTO war ein Höhepunkt der ansonsten eher tristen achten WTO-Ministerkonferenz im Dezember 2011. Wirtschaftspolitisch kann der WTO-Beitritt Russlands als 'Krönung' einer nationalen Strategie gesehen werden, die einem Entwicklungsmodell folgt, das für den...

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Roving bandits in action: Outside option and governmental predation in autocracies

Libman, Alexander; Kozlov, Vladimir; Schultz, André - 2012

The paper investigates the influence of outside options on the predatory behavior of autocrats. An outside option is referred to as the opportunity of an incumbent ruler to continue his career outside his current territory of control. The paper uses data on the effectiveness of tax collection...

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To raise or not to raise? Impact assessment of Russia's incremental gas price reform

Heyndrickx, Christophe; Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria; … - 2012

The growing momentum for gas price liberalization in Russia is increasingly constrained by fears of potentially strong adverse impact that market-based price setting principle will have on the economy. Based on a novel multi-regional, multi-sector and multi-household computable general...

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Empirical analysis of regional economic performance in Russia: Human capital perspective

Kufenko, Vadim - 2012

Having shown the important role of the Russian economy in the ex-USSR region by causality tests, we proceed to empirical analysis of growth and performance of the Russian regions. A dynamic panel data approach enabled us to obtain elasticity coefficients on proxies for convergence, physical...

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International grain markets: Russia as a new power?

Glauben, Thomas; Pàll, Zsombor; Perekhozhuk, Oleksandr; … - 2012

Russland, einstiger Nettoimporteur von Weizen, hat sich innerhalb des letzten Jahrzehnts zu einem der führenden Akteure … könnte Russland der weltgrößte Weizenexporteur werden. Eine wichtige Frage, die sich hieraus ergibt, ist, ob Russland seine … Zentralasiens und des Kaukasus könnte diese Frage von besonderer Bedeutung sein, da sich Russland in diesen Ländern auf Grund ihrer …

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Impact of The Global Crisis on Spatial Relationships in Russia

Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2010

This paper seeks an answer to the question of whether the global crisis had a persistent effect on inter-regional income equality and spatial market integration in Russia. Results obtained suggest that the answer is generally negative.

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Rural Poverty in Transition Countries

Macours, Karen; Swinnen, Johan - 2006

This paper uses new poverty data based on household level surveys to analyze changes in rural poverty and rural-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the firmer Soviet Union. The paper presents a series of hypotheses to explain differences across...

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The Rise of Obesity in Transition Economies: Theory and Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

Huffman, Sonya K.; Rizov, Marian - 2007

This study integrates theoretical and empirical models to facilitate understanding of human obesity and the factors contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for...

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Foreign Investment, Supermarkets, and the Restructuring of Supply Chains: Evidence from Eastern European Dairy Sectors

Swinnen, Johan F. M.; Dries, Liesbeth; Noev, Nivelin; … - 2006

The combination of transition and globalization since the early 1990s has caused dramatic changes in supply chains globally. This paper uses survey evidence from several Eastern European countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Russia) on how these forces affect the dairy...

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