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Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically interrogates peace processes in the aftermath of the First Nagorno‐Karabakh War by centering the lived experiences and political voices of Armenian and Azerbaijani internally displaced and refugee women, based on ethnographic fieldwork and in‐depth interviews conducted in 2019.
Ramil Zamanov
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Unit Value of Net Asset to Mandatory Privately Managed Pension Funds in Romania during May 2008 - December 2015 [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2017
Since 1990, the public pension system in Romania has started to deal with special problems, inparticular demographic. To these were added and all funds due to lower pension payments. In thiscontext it was introduced in 2007 private pensions.
Colomeischi Tudor, Iancu Eugenia
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Financial Performance of Mandatory Private Pension Funds in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A Comparative Study Between Romania and Slovakia [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2020
Decreased birth rate and aging population represent a treat to PAYG public pension systems implemented in countries of Central and Eastern Europe, due to the fact that the financing is direct dependent of the social contributions payed by the taxpayers ...
Nicolae Balteș, Ștefania Amalia Jimon
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Latin American private pension funds’ vulnerabilities [PDF]

Economia Mexicana NUEVA EPOCA, 2011
In the last years, we have been witnesses of significant large rates of return in most Latin-American private pension fund institutions (PPF). This outstanding performance of funds can be explained by an economic boom in the region. However, these funds have lately been hampered in some countries, something that contrasts with the successful ...
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Pension Fund Capitalism and Financial Crisis. IHS Political Science Series 126, December 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
Basic public pension schemes and cut backs in earnings-related public pensions led to an increasing role of supplementary pensions such as pension funds for old-age incomes.
Wiß, Tobias
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Effect of Austerity Measures on Infant Mortality: Evidence From Greece

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments frequently adopt austerity policies when facing economic crises, yet their long‐term consequences for population health remain incompletely understood. This paper examines the impact of large‐scale fiscal austerity on infant mortality by exploiting the Troika‐led economic adjustment program implemented in Greece beginning in 2010 ...
Robert J. Kolesar, Rok Spruk
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Pension funds, national savings and financial development: unpacking conditional effects using U.S. time series data

Cogent Economics & Finance
The relationship between pension funds and national savings (NS) varies depending on the existing level of savings within an economy. Similarly, the structural impacts of pension funds on financial development are influenced by these savings levels. This
Kazeem Abimbola Sanusi, Zandri Dickason-Koekemoer   +1 more
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DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MARKET OF MANDATORY PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS IN ROMANIA [PDF]

Annals of the University of Craiova: Economic Sciences Series, 2016
Starting from 2008, Romania has a pension system that is based on three pillars: re-distributive type pension scheme (Pay As You Go) - Pillar I, mandatory private pension funds - Pillar II and facultative pensions - Pillar III. This system is inspired by
Gheorghe Matei, Constantin Durac
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Private Pension Funds in Hungary: Politics, Institutions, and Performance [PDF]

The new pension system launched in Hungary in 1998 is epoch-making for having introduced a mandatory private pension scheme (MPPS). However, the political decision-making on pension reform and the scheme operations have been greatly influenced by ...
Iwasaki, Ichiro, Sato, Kazuko
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Holding out on restructuring negotiations: A legal analysis over Finnish and Swedish legislation

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Finnish and Swedish restructuring laws create opportunities for creditors to hold out on restructuring negotiations. Using Anthony Casey's new bargaining theory and the traditional creditors' bargain model as analytical frames, the study argues that holdouts arise when ex ante rights – particularly security interests,
Anssi Kärki
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