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Does Political Connection Mitigate the Sanctions for Corruptions? Evidence From the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

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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Risk factors for the development of congenital heart defects in Kyrgyz Republic

Heart Vessels and Transplantation
Objective: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are structural abnormalities of the heart and/or great vessels that are present at birth. CHD is still the most common inborn defect with an approximate prevalence of 5–11 per 1000 live births and incidence of 1%
Sоfia M. Shakhnabieva, Shakhsianam Sh. Khasanova, Tatiana I. Sologubovа, Elena I. Kondrateva, Ainagul D. Niiazalieva, Yuri M. Kurmanbakeev   +5 more
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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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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
wiley   +1 more source

Nation‐Building in the Wake of Empire: Identifying Patterns of Minority Policies in the Aftermath of Soviet Collapse

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
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and factors associated with the use of alternative (folk) medicine practitioners in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that since the collapse of the Soviet Union there has been a sharp growth in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in some former Soviet countries.
Balabanova, Dina, Koyanagi, Ai, McKee, Martin, Richardson, Erica, Roberts, Bayard, Stickley, Andrew   +5 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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Housing provision and policy development strategies in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Kazakhstan: legal mechanisms implementation

Universidad y Sociedad
This 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, Amangeldy Abilbaev, Taalaybek Ismanov, Gulzat Kulalieva   +3 more
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

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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