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The Catholic Church In Hungary Now, András Máté-Tóth
The Catholic Church In Hungary Now, András Máté-Tóth
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Modernist Hermeneutics In Ottokar Prohaszka, Leslie A. Muray
Modernist Hermeneutics In Ottokar Prohaszka, Leslie A. Muray
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Evanston After Fifty Years, Norman A. Hjelm
Evanston After Fifty Years, Norman A. Hjelm
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Church And State Relations In Present-Day Serbia: Part I A Brief Historical Overview Of Serbia: Important Issues Of Religious Identity, Angela Ilić
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Hundert's "Jews In Poland-Lithuania In The Eighteenth Century" - Book Review, Stephen J. Chernoski
Hundert's "Jews In Poland-Lithuania In The Eighteenth Century" - Book Review, Stephen J. Chernoski
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Shrader's "The Muslim-Croat Civil War In Central Bosnia – A Military History, 1992-1994" - Book Review, Tal Tovy
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence From Comprehensive Panel Data On Manufacturing Firms In Hungary, Romania, Russia, And Ukraine, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy
Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence From Comprehensive Panel Data On Manufacturing Firms In Hungary, Romania, Russia, And Ukraine, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe of initially state-owned manufacturing firms in four economies. Controlling for firm and industry-year fixed effects and employing a wide variety of measurement approaches, we estimate that majority privatization raises MFP about 28 percent in Romania, 22 percent in Hungary, and 3 percent in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers it about 4 percent. Privatization to foreign rather than domestic investors has a larger impact (about 44 percent) and is much more consistent across countries. The positive effects …
The Wage Effects Of Schooling Under Socialism And In Transition: Evidence From Romania, 1950-2000, Daniela Andrén, John S. Earle, Dana Sapatoru
The Wage Effects Of Schooling Under Socialism And In Transition: Evidence From Romania, 1950-2000, Daniela Andrén, John S. Earle, Dana Sapatoru
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
We estimate the impact of schooling on monthly earnings from 1950 to 2000 in Romania. Nearly constant at about 3-4 percent during the socialist period, the coefficient on schooling in a conventional earnings regression rises steadily during the 1990s, reaching 8.5 percent by 2000. Our analysis finds little evidence for either the standard explanations of such an increase in the West (labor supply movements, product demand shifts, technical change) or the transition-specific accounts sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for institutional and organizational explanations, particularly the high productivity of education in …
The Genius Of The Nation Versus The Gene-Tech Of The Nation: Science, Identity, And Gmo Debates In Hungary, Krista Harper
The Genius Of The Nation Versus The Gene-Tech Of The Nation: Science, Identity, And Gmo Debates In Hungary, Krista Harper
Anthropology Department Faculty Publication Series
Introduction In the late 1990s, Hungarian politicians, environmentalists, and agricultural lobbyists weighed the pros and cons of allowing genetically modified (GM) food and seeds to enter the Hungarian market. Starting around 1994, a small group of Hungarian environmentalists began researching GM issues. Initially, they feared that as a post-socialist country seeking foreign investment, Hungary would become prey to multinational corporations seeking an ‘emerging market’ with a lax regulatory environment. The terms of the debate were reframed over time, notably following 1998, when a number of European Union member states banned the imports of GM foods and when Hungarian expatriate geneticist …
Advice From St. Maximos Confessor For Contemporary Macedonians, James R. Payton Jr.
Advice From St. Maximos Confessor For Contemporary Macedonians, James R. Payton Jr.
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
All three of our monotheistic religions rely on the divine Word, written for us: for Jews in the Tanakh, for Christians also in the New Testament, and for Muslims as well in the Qur’an. For all our disagreements with each other, we recognize a common rootedness in a tradition of faith finding its beginning in Abraham, for Jews carried forward by the patriarchs and Moses, for Christians fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and for Muslims culminating in Muhammed. Consequently, even in the midst of the tensions that have separated our faiths over the centuries and have contributed recently to the tensions …
Eastern Europe: Osce Conference On Discrimination - A Regional Survey, Felix Corley
Eastern Europe: Osce Conference On Discrimination - A Regional Survey, Felix Corley
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Bönker, Müller, & Pickel's “Towards A New Paradigm In Transitology Postcommunist Transformation And The Social Sciences: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches" - Book Review, Boyka Stefanova
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Fairbairn’S "Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes" - Book Review, Walter D. Ray
Fairbairn’S "Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes" - Book Review, Walter D. Ray
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
What Does It Mean To Be A Missionary Church Today?, Janos Pasztor
What Does It Mean To Be A Missionary Church Today?, Janos Pasztor
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Reflections On The Contemporary Religious "Revival" Religion, Secularization, Globalization, Nonka Bogomilova
Reflections On The Contemporary Religious "Revival" Religion, Secularization, Globalization, Nonka Bogomilova
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Queer Studies In Eastern Europe: Lgbtq Scholars Convene In Fifth Conference In Poland, Tomek Kitlinski, Pawel Leszkowicz
Queer Studies In Eastern Europe: Lgbtq Scholars Convene In Fifth Conference In Poland, Tomek Kitlinski, Pawel Leszkowicz
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
The International Conference of LGBTQ Studies was held in Poland from May 24-26, 2004. Themed as "Europe without Homophobia," the conference at Wroclaw University brought together an international group of scholars and activists to discuss homophobia, both in its global and East European forms.
The Eu And The Npt: Testing The New European Nonproliferation Strategy, Clara Portela
The Eu And The Npt: Testing The New European Nonproliferation Strategy, Clara Portela
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Only a few years ago, the idea that the European Union (EU) could become a significant actor in the nuclear nonproliferation regime would have met with great scepticism. An organisation comprising nuclear weapon states (NWS) along with non-nuclear weapons states (NNWS) - some of who are disarmament-minded - would have been considered incapable of framing any common response to nuclear proliferation. And yet, today we find that the EU is establishing itself as an actor in the field of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and that it has even developed a Strategy to guide its endeavours.This article will …
What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, And The Business Environment In Romania, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Dana Lup
What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, And The Business Environment In Romania, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Dana Lup
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition, there has been relatively little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania containing detailed information from the startup date through 2001. We find strong evidence that access to external credit increases the growth of both employment and sales. Taxes appear to constrain growth. The data suggest that entrepreneurial skills have little independent effect on growth, once demand conditions are taken into account. The evidence for the …
Information Technology, Organizational Form, And Transition To The Market, John S. Earle, Ugo Pagano, Maria Lesi
Information Technology, Organizational Form, And Transition To The Market, John S. Earle, Ugo Pagano, Maria Lesi
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
The paper reviews theories of information technology adoption and organizational form and applies them to an empirical analysis of firm choices and characteristics in four transition economies: Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. We argue that these economies have gone through two major structural changes – one concerning technology and another concerning ownership and boundaries of firms – and we consider if and how each of the two structural changes has affected the other. We test the impact of firm size, integration, and ownership on the extent of new information technology adoption (measured by growth in the fraction of employees …
Czech Protestants Between Socialist Czechoslovakia And European Union, Petr Pokorný
Czech Protestants Between Socialist Czechoslovakia And European Union, Petr Pokorný
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Slovak Lutheran Social Ethics, Past And Present, Vasil Gluchman
Slovak Lutheran Social Ethics, Past And Present, Vasil Gluchman
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Orthodoxy In A New Europe: Problems And Perspectives, Bishop Hilarion
Orthodoxy In A New Europe: Problems And Perspectives, Bishop Hilarion
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Orthodoxy In America: Diaspora Or Church?, Reverend Leonid Kishkovsky
Orthodoxy In America: Diaspora Or Church?, Reverend Leonid Kishkovsky
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Overcoming The Totalitarian Past, Sergey Averintsev
Overcoming The Totalitarian Past, Sergey Averintsev
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Schism In The Bulgarian Orthodox Church And Its Repercussions On Religious Developments And The New Law Of Confessions, Janice Broun
Schism In The Bulgarian Orthodox Church And Its Repercussions On Religious Developments And The New Law Of Confessions, Janice Broun
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Is Religious Freedom Possible?, Gordana Živkovi
Is Religious Freedom Possible?, Gordana Živkovi
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Aagaard & Bouteneff's "Beyond The East-West Divide: The World Council Of Churches And The Orthodox Problem" - Book Review, Paul L. Gavrilyuk
Aagaard & Bouteneff's "Beyond The East-West Divide: The World Council Of Churches And The Orthodox Problem" - Book Review, Paul L. Gavrilyuk
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Ownership Concentration And Corporate Performance On The Budapest Stock Exchange: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil The Goulash?, John S. Earle, Csaba Kucsera, Álmos Telegdy
Ownership Concentration And Corporate Performance On The Budapest Stock Exchange: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil The Goulash?, John S. Earle, Csaba Kucsera, Álmos Telegdy
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
We examine the impact of ownership concentration on firm performance using panel data for firms listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange, where ownership tends to be highly concentrated and frequently involves multiple blocks. Fixed-effects estimates imply that the size of the largest block increases profitability and efficiency strongly and monotonically, but the effects of total blockholdings are much smaller and statistically insignificant. Controlling for the size of the largest block, point estimates of the marginal effects of additional blocks are negative. The results suggest that the marginal costs of concentration may outweigh the benefits when the increased concentration involves "too …
The Church And Democracy In Central Europe, Tamas Kodácsy
The Church And Democracy In Central Europe, Tamas Kodácsy
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
In The Name Of God? The Problem Of Religious Or Non-Religious Preambles Of State Constitutions In Post-Atheistic Contexts, Konrad Schmid
In The Name Of God? The Problem Of Religious Or Non-Religious Preambles Of State Constitutions In Post-Atheistic Contexts, Konrad Schmid
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.