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Political Instability in Fragile Democracies: Political Cycles Kyrgyz Style
Author: Anders Olofsgård, SITE. Democratization is rarely a straight and predictable process. Freedom House data from the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and the countries of the...
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Corruption in Eastern Europe as Depicted by Popular Cross-Country Corruption...
Author: Maria Perrotta, SITE. In recent years, variously defined indicators of corruption from different sources have aimed at raising awareness about corruption and to provide researchers with better...
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The Eurasian Customs Union among Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Can It...
Author: David G. Tarr, NES. In 2010, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan formed the Eurasian Customs Union and imposed the Russian tariff as the common external tariff of the Customs Union. This resulted in...
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Fact or Fiction? The Reversal of the Gender Education Gap across the World...
Author: Ina Ganguli, SITE. In this policy brief, I discuss the reversal of the gender education gap in many countries around the world – a fact that is still not widely known, although is increasingly...
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Preferences for Redistribution in Post-Communist Countries
Author: Irina Denisova, NES/CEFIR. Public attitudes toward inequality and the demand for redistribution can often play an import role in terms of shaping social policy. The literature on determinants...
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The Customs Union Between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Some Evidence from...
Author: Arevik Mkrtchyan, European University Institute. This brief addresses the Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan that was established in 2010. It argues that the external tariff...
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Integration Formations in the Monetary Sphere: the Possibility and the...
Author: Anastasiya Luzgina, BEROC. This policy brief addresses the possibility of monetary integration in the post-Soviet region. It provides a short overview of the literature devoted to the formation...
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Tajikistan Joining the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Pros...
Authors: I.A. Densiova, A.M. Malokostov, and N.A. Turdyeva, CEFIR In this brief we summarize the results obtained in a CEFIR research project on the economic impact of Tajikistan joining the Customs...
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Macroeconomic Performance and Preferences for Democracy
Author: Maryia Akulava, BEROC. This policy brief summarizes the results of our research on factors influencing preferences for democracy in transition countries. The aim of this work was to detect...
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Expected Effects of Tobacco Taxation in Five Countries of the Former Soviet...
Authors: Irina Denisova and Polina Kuznetsova, CEFIR. In this policy brief, we discuss the results from a study of different dimensions of tobacco taxation policy in five former Soviet Union countries:...
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Does Gender Matter for the Innovativeness of SMEs?
Author: Mariya Akulava, BEROC. This policy brief summarizes the results of an on-going research project on the gender aspect of companies’ innovativeness in transition countries. The aim of this work...
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Changes in Oil Price and Economic Impacts
Authors: Chloé Le Coq and Zorica Trkulja, SITE. Oil has for decades been perceived as a necessary and highly addictive energy commodity, fueling the world economy. It is a crucial input good for most...
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Did Russian Migration to Russia Affect the Labor Market?
Author: Olga Lazareva, Higher School of Economics. As a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, five million Russian and Russian-speaking people repatriated to Russia during 1990-2002. I use this...
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