The influence of schooling on performance in chess and at the Olympics. [PDF]
Forrest D +3 more
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Free enterprise and central banking in formerly communist countries [PDF]
According to this article, if the formerly Communist countries of Eastern Europe are to become free market economies, they will have to define and enforce property rights and allow prices to signal supply and demand conditions.
Robert L. Hetzel
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The Impact of Vavilov's Concept of the Centres of Crop Origin and Diversity on Research, Conservation, and Utilisation of Plant Genetic Resources Today: A Review on the Occasion of Vavilov's 135th Anniversary. [PDF]
Loskutov IG, Ebert AW, Diederichsen A.
europepmc +1 more source
Black, Caspian Seas and Central Asia Silk Association (BACSA) for the Future of Sericulture in Europe and Central Asia. [PDF]
Tzenov P, Cappellozza S, Saviane A.
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"Why the Ex-Communist Countries Should Take the 'Middle Way' to the Market" [PDF]
The ex-communist countries of Europe as well as Soviet Union want to find a way out of the command economy to a market system. The common advice (e.g., Lipton and Sachs, Kornai) has been to go quickly "all the way" to a fully capitalist economy.
Kenneth Koford
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Sanctions and international interaction improve cooperation to avert climate change. [PDF]
Grimalda G +4 more
europepmc +1 more source
Impact of Legal Traditions on Forensic Mental Health Treatment Worldwide. [PDF]
Beis P, Graf M, Hachtel H.
europepmc +1 more source
Political Determinants of Economic Reforms in the Post-Communist Transition Countries [PDF]
This paper examines how political institutions and electoral outcomes have affected the economic reform process in the post-communist transition countries.
Staehr, Karsten +2 more
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Curating the invisible: contemporary art practices and the production of meaning in Eastern Europe. [PDF]
Previously in the University eprints HAIRST pilot service at http://eprints.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/00000394/Article 6 of 6 in an issue devoted to the visual culture of South Eastern EuropeThis article addresses the system of art and the issue of ...
Stamenkovic, Marko.
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Redistributional Preferences and Imposed Institutions [PDF]
To what extent do imposed institutions shape preferences? We consider this issue by comparing the market-versus-state attitudes of respondents from a capitalist country, Finland, and an ex-communist group of Baltic countries, and by arguing that the ...
Alberto Chong, Mark Gradstein
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