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Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Abstract Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) contain various non‐tariff provisions, yet identifying their trade effects remains challenging because these commitments are high‐dimensional and strongly correlated within agreements. We estimated a theory‐consistent structural gravity model with domestic flows for 26 agricultural subsectors over 1988–2017
Dongin Kim, Sandro Steinbach
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Efforts to Restore the White Sea Fishing Fleet in the Initial Period of the NEP
The recovery period of the early 1920s in Soviet Russia coincided with the search for new forms of production management and was complicated not only by economic devastation, but also by the difficult international situation, political and economic ...
Tatyana I. Troshina
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Fighting illegal armed groups in the Tajik SSR in the early 1930s [PDF]
The article is devoted to the analysis of the military-political crisis in the Tajik SSR in the early 1930s, caused by the activation of illegal armed groups led by Ibrahim Bek. Based on archival materials (OGPU reports, reports of the Red Army command),
Klimov, Andrey Alekseevich +1 more
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Thermal Calculations for Co‐Firing of Hydrogen/Ammonia and Coal in 660‐MW Coal‐Fired Boilers
ABSTRACT To achieve a clean energy transition under the dual carbon goals, blending hydrogen/ammonia into pulverized coal boilers represents a key technological pathway. Different hydrogen/ammonia co‐firing ratios (5%–50%) are investigated for their impact on the thermodynamic characteristics of 660‐MW supercritical boiler at 100% and 20% boiler ...
Yaodong Da +7 more
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THE SOVIET STATE AND LAW IN THE 20–30S OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A VIEW FROM ABROAD (J.M. KEYNES)
This article provides an author’s survey of the set of views on the Soviet state and law reflected in the scientific heritage of the outstanding British economist and politician John M. Keynes in the context of his interaction with Soviet politicians and
LUSHNIKOV Andrey Mikhailovich
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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Soviet Youth Films under Brezhnev: Watching Between the Lines [PDF]
The central argument of my dissertation emerges from the idea that genre cinema, exemplified by youth films, became a safe outlet for Soviet filmmakers’ creative energy during the period of so-called “developed socialism.” A growing interest in youth ...
Klimova, Olga
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Ethnicity and Power in the Soviet Union [PDF]
Twenty years have passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Up until the point of dissolution, the Soviet authorities and intellectual elite had attempted to build a community in order to unite all Soviet citizens in the spirit of socialist ...
Andrzej Wierzbicki
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Soviet Physicians and Struggle against Epidemics in Xinjiang: Late 1920s – 1940s
Introduction. The long-overlooked topic of Soviet–Xinjiang medical cooperation can facilitate a better understanding of why Xinjiang was that important to the USSR in the interwar period.
Vsevolod Yu. Bashkuev
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