This paper studies the connection between trade and growth in the context of a partial and inconsistent liberalization process in a specific Eastern European country in transition towards market economy, namely, the Republic of Belarus. The analysis of the country trade patterns during the USSR...

This paper aims to study the joint effects of the 2004 EU Enlargement and Russia's entry into the WTO, and the effects of an eventual Russia-Enlarged EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The paper is organized as follows: in Section I, it starts with the brief description of the model used. The...

The paper reviews the recent conduct of monetary policy and the central bank's rule-based behavior in Russia. Using different policy rules, we test whether the Bank of Russia reacts to changes in inflation, the output gap and the exchange rate in a consistent and predictable manner. Our results...

Books reviewed: Free Trade under Fire, Douglas A. Irwin, author. Secondary Privatization in Transition Economies: The Evolution of Enterprise Ownership in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia, Barbara Blaszczyk, author, Iraj Hoshi and Richard Woodward (eds.). Going Alone: The Case for...

Books reviewed in this article: Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union, edited by A. Arnull and D. Wincott Accountability in the European Union, by C. Harlow Les Commissaires Europeans: Technocrates, diplomates ou politiques? by J. Joana and A. Smith Between Empire and Alliance:...

The paper reviews the recent conduct of monetary policy and the central bank's rule-based behavior in Russia. Using different policy rules, we test whether the central bank in Russia reacts to changes in inflation, output gap and the exchange rate in a consistent and predictable manner. Our...

The paper reviews the recent conduct of monetary policy and the central bank's rule-based behavior in Russia. Using different policy rules, we test whether the central bank in Russia reacts to changes in inflation, output gap and the exchange rate in a consistent and predictable manner. Our...

After several years of low and stable prices for its gas exports to CIS countries, Russia has decided to review these arrangements and to significantly increase prices, bringing them closer to the levels applied to the EU. The steep increase in energy prices has significant economic implications...