We link elements of identity-building to the Ukrainian regional clusters and compare them with the outcome of the elections in 2006...

So far, economic analyses of NATO enlargement have been restricted to aspects of regional security while political analyses focused on...

Expecting an appreciation of the Chinese currency seems to be a safe bet. There is a mounting pressure from U.S. representatives, and...

After the initial enthusiasm, which accompanied the Orange Revolution, phased out, Ukraine arrived at a crossroad on its way from a...

This paper uses a Markov regime-switching model to assess the vulnerability of a series of Central and Eastern European countries...

This study investigates the role of government activity in economic growth, arguing that economic systems are important and that,...

Most studies on the relationship between public debt and economic growth implicitly assume homogeneous debt effects across their...

Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run Dutch disease effects of public...

This article takes a novel look at the relationship between government activity, partisan preferences and varieties of capitalism....

This paper reconsiders the policy trilemma in an open economy by incorporating political economy concerns. We argue that the impact of...

Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run Dutch disease effects of public...

Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run Dutch disease effects of public...

Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former periods and the...

Expectations about additional short-run gains from joining monetary union should not be too optimistic. Most of the expected gains...

Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central Asia as the...