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The Democratization Process in the Western Balkans in the Last 20 Years: Interethnic Relations and Security Implications [PDF]
Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 2014 The process of democratization in Western Balkans is connected with the process of state-building before and after the reconstruction. After the break-up of Yugoslavia, the region became a brutal battleground as different nation-based groups fought to ...
Katerina Veljanoska +2 more
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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The Case of the Western Balkan Countries
, 2016 The globalization of the world economy has given rise to new trade patterns through the intensification of international production networks (IPNs). This phenomenon has enabled countries to undertake more in-depth specialization in niche parts of the ...
Shimbov, Bojan +2 more
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Boreas, EarlyView.The Dinaric Mountains are a mountain range stretching NW–SE from the Alps to the Albanides–Hellenides in central Europe. The highest parts were occupied by small ice fields and/or valley glaciers during the Quaternary cold periods, while even today some small glaciers still exist in topoclimatically favourable areas.
Manja Žebre +7 more
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Rule of Law through judicial Reform: A Key to the EU Accession of the Western Balkans
Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 2014 This paper focuses on the importance of judiciary reform as a key segment of rule of law enforcement for the EU accession of Western Balkan countries as a process mainly driven by EU assistance.
Ardit Memeti
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Greek banks in the Balkan countries: conclusion derived from analysis of their balance sheets [PDF]
During the 1990s the Greek economy has flourished, with the help of the banking system, which, at the same period, has undergone considerable deregulation.
Chouliaras VASILIOS, Bogas CHRISTOS G.
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Identifying hotspots of faunal data deficiency to direct urgent research and monitoring
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Data deficiency is a substantial challenge for extinction risk assessments because incomplete data means we cannot accurately identify priority protected areas for conservation. Here, we use the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) distributions of amphibians, sharks and rays, fish, mammals, birds, and reptiles to identify ...
Matt W. Hayward +4 more
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Banking Regulation Of Western Balkan Countries
European Journal of Sustainable Development, 2014 The current global economic crisis has affected the development of banking system in Western Balkan Countries, including Italy and Greece. These effects are expressed with the contraction of lending, fallen of foreign direct investments, fallen of the volume of remittances and fallen of international trade.
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Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the European Quality of Government Index across 183 NUTS‐2 regions (2010–2024), this paper documents that education improves institutional quality in Western Europe but not in postsocialist regions. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition reveals that 77 percent of the West–East institutional gap reflects different returns to education, not ...
Nikolaos Tzivanakis
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FISCAL (IN)STABILITY IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE WESTERN BALKANS
НОВИ ЕКОНОМИСТ<p>The consequences caused by the Covid 19 crisis have had a negative impact on the public finances of the countries of the Western Balkans. Their fiscal stability was negatively affected by the many geopolitical changes that followed. Will changes in the global market slow down the process of accession of the Western Balkan countries to ...
Biljana Srdić Gojković +2 more
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