early 1990s. Industrial firms' engagement in the provision of infrastructure services, such as heating, electricity and road … in 40 regions of Russia, this paper examines public infrastructure provision by Russian industrial enterprises. We find … that, first, to a large degree engagement in infrastructure provision – as proxied by district heating production – is a …

-deliverable forward market and seven of its Asia-Pacific counterparts over the period January 1998 to March 2005. To account for the time …

displays considerable persistence. Our analysis provides evidence that the knock-on effects from China´s U.S. dollar future …

There have been profound changes in both political and economic institutions in China over the last twenty years …

two emerging stock markets - Russia and China, because of their unique characteristics and performance in the past years …

We present a new composite leading indicator of economic activity in mainland China, es-timated using a dynamic factor …

features of China's extensive processing trade cause both the identification of imported intermediate goods, and their … intermediate goods imported into China. Vertical specialization is then estimated using two methods. The first method uses the … strong evidence of an Asian network of intermediate suppliers to China, and the two methods provide a range of estimates for …

stability in mainland China. We examine whether excess money relative to rulebased values provides information that improves the …

In January 2008, China adopted a new labour contract law. This new law represents the most significant reform to the … legislation on employment relations in mainland China in more than a decade. The paper provides a theoretical framework on the …

On 21 July 2005 China adopted an undisclosed basket exchange rate regime. We formally assess and envisage the gradual …