Enrico Bombieri proved that the ABC Conjecture implies Roth's theorem in 1994. This paper concerns the other direction. In making use of Bombieri's and Van der Poorten's explicit formula for the coefficients of the regular continued fractions of algebraic numbers, we prove that Roth's theorem...

Trade sanctions are a common instrument of diplomatic retaliation. To guide current and future policy, we ask: What is the most cost-efficient way to impose trade sanctions against Russia? To answer this question, we build a quantitative model of international trade with input-output...

This article exploits the creation of a paradigmatic multi-ethnic state, Yugoslavia, to examine if, to what extent, and why the effect of ethnic ties on trade costs changes over time. We compile and examine a panel of over 550,000 inter-urban price gaps spanning the area of Yugoslavia in the...

This paper provides a political economy perspective on gold standard adoption in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which joined the monetary system in midst of the Great Depression in June 1931. The analysis proceeds in three stages. First, the high relative costs faced by a peripheral country like...

During the early 1990s Germany offered temporary protection to over 600,000 Yugoslavian refugees fleeing war. By 2000, many had been repatriated. We exploit this natural experiment to investigate the role of migrants in post-conflict reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia, using exports as...

During the early 1990s Germany offered temporary protection to over 600,000 Yugoslavian refugees fleeing war. By 2000, many had been repatriated. We exploit this natural experiment to investigate the role of migrants in post-conflict reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia, using exports as...

Intro -- Über den Autor -- Felix Wemheuer: Kann der Markt den Sozialismus retten? (Einleitung) -- Kapitel 1: Neue Ökonomische Politik (NÖP): Taktischer Rückzug oder Modell für den Aufbau des Sozialismus? -- Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin: Den Austausch mit den Bauern über den Markt regeln (1921)...

Introduction: The Paradoxical Visibility of Yugoslav Art Workers, or Should Artists Strike? -- The Autonomy of Art and the Emancipation of Labour -- A Feminist Approach to the Disavowed Economy of Art -- The Making of Yugoslav Art Workers: Artistic Labour and the Socialist Institution of Art --...

This chapter argues that in some of the successor states of former Yugoslavia an economic system of political capitalism has replaced the former economic system of socialist self-management. The chapter focuses on the examples of Croatia and Serbia using a case-study approach. In the former...

Klappentext: This book discusses the case for socialism and the models of socialist planning. Through examining different countries, each chapter examines the successes and failures of contrasting socialist policies. The theories and techniques of socialist planning are discussed in relation to...

Women’s Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: An Introduction -- Women’s Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Women’s Entrepreneurship in Croatia -- Women’s Entrepreneurship in Kosovo -- Women’s Entrepreneurship in Montenegro -- Women’s Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia...

1. Kautilya’s Arthashashtra and a mixed economy within Monarchy -- 2. Socialism in the Soviet Union -- 3. Socialism within a Democracy, Fabian Socialism in Yugoslavia, Scandinavia, India -- 4. Socialist theory of Feldman and Mahalanobis -- 5. Socialist Calculation -- 6. Contemporary capitalism...

The Syrian crisis has led to rapid and large-scale population displacement. This paper uses several sources of data, including the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees' registration database and multi-country, multi-topic surveys collected in 2015-16, to characterize service delivery...

Examples from the breakup of Yugoslavia and state-building in the successor states are used to highlight the political and constitutional choices facing Ukraine. The main lesson is that legitimacy is needed for constitution-building, which is needed for long-term state stability. Ethnic and...

Examples from the breakup of Yugoslavia and state-building in the successor states are used to highlight the political and constitutional choices facing Ukraine. The main lesson is that legitimacy is needed for constitution-building, which is needed for long-term state stability. Ethnic and...

The article deals with the implementation of the Program of Monetary Reconstruction and Economic Recovery of Yugoslavia in the first year after its inauguration. It were explained the phases of the Program implementation and then the global movements in Yugoslav economy in 1994 (production,...

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Concepts -- 1. Market and Plan: Typology of Plan Models -- 2. The Classical Plan: Stalinplan -- 3. The Neoclassical Plan: Conservative and Liberal -- 4....