Essays about: "transition economies."

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1. 21. A REVIEW OF CORRUPTION AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Lars Flysjö; [2020]
   Keywords : cartelization; collusion; construction industry; corruption; organized crime;

   Abstract : Background: The infiltration of the construction industry has been central for the emergence and expansion of organized crime internationally. Sweden is a country in transition, with the sharpest turn towards economic inequality in Western Europe in recent decades. A concern for a society in transition is the emergence of organized crime. READ MORE

3. 22. Public Childcare and Female Empowerment: Evidence from Mexico

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Mia Hoffmann; [2019]
   Keywords : Female empowerment; Intimate partner violence; Household bargaining; Public childcare; Transition economies; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Despite ample evidence on the importance of labor market opportunities for women’s bargaining power, the link between public childcare availability and female empowerment has so far been widely overlooked. Using detailed survey data on household dynamics, this paper investigates the impact of the Mexican childcare program Estancias Infantiles para Apoyar a Madres Trabajadoras on women’s decision-making power and the prevalence of intimate partner violence. READ MORE

4. 23. Measuring cost efficiency of banks with different ownership types: Evidence from Belarus

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nastassia Dzianisava; [2018-07-02]
   Keywords : Stochastic Frontier Analysis; cost efficiency; Belarusian banking sector;

   Abstract : This study investigates the correlation between the level of a bank’s cost efficiency and its belonging to one of the four ownership types existing in the Belarusian banking sector: core state-controlled, other state-controlled, foreign-controlled and domestic private banks. In order to analyze the data from the financial statements of all registered banks in Belarus under the period of 2010-2016, the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) is applied. READ MORE

5. 24. Barriers and incentives to green entrepreneurship in transition economies – case study of SMEs in Romania

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Sorana Elena Sîrb; [2018]
   Keywords : Green Entrepreneurship; Transition Economies; Small-to-Medium Entreprise;

   Abstract : This master thesis investigates the possible factors that can influence green entrepreneurship in a transition economy. For this purpose, the case of SMEs in Romania was analyzed. This study uses qualitative methods for data collection. READ MORE

6. 25. Export spillovers with Chinese characteristics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Philipp Ludwig; [2018]
   Keywords : export spillovers; agglomeration effects; China; international trade; transition economies; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of information spillovers on the export entry decision of Chinese manufacturers between 2000 and 2006 by using a combination of firm and transaction level data that allows to track the occurrence of individual export starts and captures the extent of local export agglomeration at a detailed geographical level. We examine if the presence of neighboring exporters involved in similar or different product and destination markets gives rise to knowledge transfers that facilitate a firm’s export entry and carefully consider how differences across starters, neighbors, geographical proximity, trade regimes and private networks influence the transmission of information between firms. READ MORE