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Instruments Reducing Climatic Risk for Russian Agriculture

Sannikova, Marina; Bukusheva, Raushan - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

yield and weather data of an experimental station in the Central Volga Russia for the period from 1979 to 2000. In addition …

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Russlands Ratifikation des Kyoto-Protokolls - ein kritisches Pladoyer

Schwerd, Joachim - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

change (Rio declaration 1992) will take place. This meeting is crucial as it depends only on Russia's ratification to get the … Russia's position in these negotiations up to now. It will be discussed, why Russia shall comply with the protocol for its … for making the point, that it is in Russia's interest to enable the protocol´s functioning: only by compliance Russia …

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

Herzfeld, Thomas; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Oskam, Arie J.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

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

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Adjustment of Conventional PSE's Methodology for Economy in Transition

Shick, Olga - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

interpretations are adapted for transitional conditions. Investigation showed that the level of agricultural support in Russia is much …

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The transition process from alternative theoretical prisms: A comparative analysis of Eastern European and former Soviet Block economies

Altman, Morris - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) June, pp. 716-742

Purpose – The paper aims to examine the reality of, and, conditions for economic growth for former Soviet and Soviet Block economies with special attention to Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Many of these economies' transition from “Communism” remain plagued by problems of...

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The Productivity Effects of Privatization: Longitudinal Estimates from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia … years after privatization to emerge in Russia. …

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Does Privatization Hurt Workers? Lessons from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Panel Data in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …

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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2008

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …

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How Late to Pay? Understanding Wage Arrears in Russia

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

We organize an empirical analysis of Russian wage arrears around hypotheses concerning factors that create incentives for firms to pay late and for workers to tolerate late payment, both reinforced by a prevalent environment of overdue wages. Our analysis draws upon nationally representative...

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Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We exploit the exogenous change in marginal tax rates created by the Russian flat tax reform of 2001 to identify the effect of taxes on labor supply of males and females. We apply the weighted difference-in-difference regression approach and instrumental variables to the labor supply function...

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