Archive 2002

• 25.10.2002

  Taxation and Ukrainian Agriculture after 2004

  (Code:18)

  The paper considers the farm tax system in Ukraine. It is no secret that Ukraine inherited extremely distorted economic system from the Soviet Union with artificial prices, inefficient firms, impractical legal system, and a numerous economic and administrative barriers for exchange of ideas, technologies and standards.

  Authors:  Zorya Serhiy, Demyanenko Serhiy
  Tags:  Center of economic research
• 09.10.2002

  Competition and Technical Efficiency of Ukrainian Manufacturing Enterprises

  (Code:17)

  There is a widely held belief that fierce competition improves the efficiency of production, which is clearly an extrapolation of the well-established fact that competition has a positive influence on efficient resource allocation. The intuition, which leads to this conclusion is related to the existence of a positive rent in monopolized markets and the corresponding possibilities for slack by managers and employees.

  Authors:  Akimova Iryna, Scherbakov Alexander
  Tags:  Center of economic research
• 10.09.2002

  The Economic Implications of Government Support for the Steel Industry: The Case of Ukraine

  (Code:16)

  So far during the transition period, the Ukrainian steel industry appears to have been one of the industries favoured by the government.

  Authors:  Legeida Nina
  Tags:  Center of economic research
• 22.07.2002

  Why Has Ukraine Returned to Economic Growth?

  (Code:15)
  Until 1999, Ukraine stood out as the only postcommunist country that had failed to achieve a single year of economic growth for a whole decade, and it had suffered the greatest registered cumulative decline of all postcommunist countries not been involved in war.
  Authors:  Åslund Anders
  Tags:  Center of economic research
• 12.05.2002

  The Effects of FDI on Ukrainian Firms' Labor Productivity and Exports

  (Code:14)
  All countries are eager to attract as much foreign investments as possible. At the same time FDI may have not only positive, but also negative economic effects for receiving countries. Positive effects are associated with technology transfer, efficient allocation of resources, and training of domestic workers.
  Authors:  Lutz Stefan, Talavera Oleksandr
  Tags:  Center of economic research
• 16.03.2002

  Determinants of Enterprise Restructuring in Ukraine: the Role of Managerial Ownership and Human Capital

  (Code:13)

  For a set of data from a survey of middle-sized and large industrial enterprise in Ukraine after privatisation regression equations are estimated that explain the response of restructuring and performance indicators to ownership structures, competitive pressure, hardening budget constraints and changes in human capital.

  Authors:  Schwödiauer Gerhard, Akimova Iryna
  Tags:  Center of economic research