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Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract While the direct economic effects of adverse climate shocks are well known, their indirect institutional impact is still poorly understood. To clarify this, we test the idea that adverse climate shocks push time‐inconsistent elites to enact inclusive political institutions, and non‐elites to embrace strong norms of cooperation.
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero
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Economic Reforms in Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
This article describes Kyrgyzstans achievements in the stabilization and liberalization of the economy and the majority of progress in this area that occurred in the first half of 1994.
Marek Dabrowski, Rafal Antczak
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Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
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Happiness in Transition: The Case of Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
We analyse self-reported measures of satisfaction with life in a transition country, Kyrgyzstan, using 1993 household survey data. We test whether higher levels of satisfaction are associated with greater economic well-being.
Ceema Zahra Namazie, Peter Sanfey
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Happiness in transition: the case of Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
, 1998 We analyse self-reported measures of satisfaction with life in a transition country, Kyrgyzstan, using 1993 household survey data. We test whether higher levels of satisfaction are associated with greater economic well-being.
Namazie, Ceema, Sanfey, Peter
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Geopolitics on a Shoestring? Unpacking the EU'S Geopolitical External Assistance to Central Asia
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines how the European Union's (EU) increasingly emphasised geopolitical ambitions are reflected in the practice of its external assistance policy. An analysis of EU documents around various policy initiatives and funding instruments reveals that in the Commission's understanding, geopolitical external assistance increases EU ...
Balázs Szent‐Iványi, Dóra Piroska
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The collapse of the USSR forced newly independent states to forge national identities while grappling with imperial legacies. This study investigates nation‐building strategies in post‐Soviet states during 1990–1999, using the Nation‐Building Policies (NBP) dataset from the ETHNICGOODS project, which includes all socially and politically ...
Emre Amasyalı, Andrei Tarasov
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Universidad y SociedadThis article explores the challenges and strategies associated with providing housing for citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Kazakhstan while also examining the mechanisms underlying the sustainable reproduction of the housing stock ...
Ainagul Muratalieva +3 more
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Ecological Development Impact on Tourism in Pavlodar Region
ECONOMICS, 2018 This article analyses the current environmental aspects and the mechanisms of environmental regulation in Kazakhstan with specific emphasis of Pavlodar Region for the development of tourism.
Isiksal Aliya Zhakanova +4 more
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The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
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