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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
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After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan's output fell less than in any other former Soviet republic, and growth turned positive in 1996/97.
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
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The dilemma of honey bee pest management in European Union: eradication or coexistence?
Insect Science, EarlyView.
Michela Bertola, Franco Mutinelli
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Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the nature, effectiveness, and implications of English private tutoring (EPT) among Grade 11 students in rural Kazakhstan. Drawing on survey responses from 160 students within a larger sample of 740, the study examines participation patterns, motivations, perceived benefits, and the financial and social costs ...
Anas Hajar, Mehmet Karakus
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Guest Artist Series: The Ethnic Ensemble of Music College, September 18, 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 This is the concert program of the Guest Artist Series: The Ethnic Ensemble of Music College performance on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 12:00 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
School of Music, Boston University
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Automatic Detection of Stop Words for Texts in Uzbek Language
Informatica, 2023 Khabibulla Madatov +2 more
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Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market
International Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
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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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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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