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Gulag, WWII and the Long-run Patterns of Soviet City Growth

Mikhailova, Tatiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper analyzes the geographical patterns of city growth in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation in relation to the Stalinist policies of the 1930s to 1950s, and WWII. Using a unique data set on the locations of Gulag camps, and on the evacuation of industrial enterprises during WWII,...

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The Central Statistical Administration and the Balance of the National Economy of the USSR, 1923—24

Akhabbar, Amanar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

National Economy of the USSR, 1923―24. In The Balance was exposed for the first time the modern principles of national …

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Price adjustment under the table: Evidence on efficiency-enhancing corruption

Levy, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

were common in Georgia. Rent-seeking behavior, however, led to emergence of remarkably well-functioning and efficiency …

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Where russians should live: a counterfactual alternative to Soviet location policy

Mikhailova, Tatiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper investigates the extent of distortions in Russia's spatial economy that are inherited from the Soviet system. Using Canada as a benchmark for spatial dynamics of economic activity in a market economy, I construct the spatial allocation of population that would result in Russia, given...

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Planned Economic Development and Loglinearity in the Rank-Size Distribution of Urban Systems: The Soviet Experience

Mirucki, Jean - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1986

In this paper, the city rank-size hypothesis is tested for the urban system of the USSR and the Republic of Ukraine …

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City rank-size hypothesis and the Soviet urban system: 1897-1979

Mirucki, Jean - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1985

-size distribution hypothesis and to expand the analysis initiated by Harris (1970) on the USSR. …

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A Poisson Stochastic Frontier Model with Finite Mixture Structure

Drivas, Kyriakos; Economidou, Claire; Tsionas, Efthymios G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Standard stochastic frontier models estimate log-linear specifications of production technology, represented mostly by production, cost, profit, revenue, and distance frontiers. We develop a methodology for stochastic frontier models of count data allowing for technological and inefficiency...

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A Longitudinal Parametric Approach to Estimate Local Government Efficiency

Pacheco, Francisca; Sanchez, Rafael; Villena, Mauricio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Previous empirical works on municipal efficiency have mostly used cross-sectional data which makes it impossible to … results. We present one of the first longitudinal parametric studies that analyze municipal efficiency and its determinants … using a one step procedure. Furthermore, we are the first of this kind that analize overall efficiency as well as efficiency …

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Intergenerational modelling of the greenhouse effect

Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994

greenhouse effect on efficiency grounds. The model characterises basic transfers, investigate the effect of greenhouse emissions …

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Does Automation Improve Stock Market Efficiency? Evidence from Ghana

Mensah, Justice T.; Pomaa-Berko, Maame; Adom, Philip Kofi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

2008 is expected among other things to improve the efficiency of the market. This paper therefore investigates the impact … of the automation on the efficiency of the GSE within the framework of the weak-form Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH … the GARCH models were used to analyze the efficiency of the GSE in the pre and post automation sample periods. Results …

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