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A TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE BEEF SUPPLY RESPONSE IN RUSSIA: IMPLICATIONS
FOR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Antonova,
Maria; Zeller,
Manfred.
This study analyses the substantial decline in livestock sector in Russia during the last twenty years. The observed decline could
be explained by a range of factors, which are supported in this paper through a review of past research results as well as time
series data related to the livestock sector. The study concludes with implications and recommendations for agricultural sector
development policies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russia; Beef livestock decline; Prices of beef; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7791
Adjustment of Conventional PSE's Methodology for Economy in Transition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shick,
Olga.
The conventional PSE's methodology doesn't provide adequate estimation of agricultural support for the economy in transition. In
this paper we attempt to adjust PSE's methodology for Russian economy, and also coefficients' analysis and interpretations are
adapted for transitional conditions. Investigation showed that the level of agricultural support in Russia is much lower than
conventional methodology estimates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: PSE; Transition; Adjusted methodology; Russia; Agriculture; Political Economy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24780
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE:
BUILDING ON A DECADE OF REFORM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osborne,
Stefan; Trueblood,
Michael A.
This study examines the impact of agriculture-specific and economywide institutional reform in Russia and Ukraine on the
productivity and efficiency of agricultural production. Production in the agricultural sector in Russia and Ukraine has fallen since
reforms began in 1992. The decline is to a certain extent an inevitable result of reform as input and output prices realign to world
prices. However, some of the decline is due to incomplete agriculture-specific and economywide institutional reform. Russia and
Ukraine have the potential to increase grain exports significantly if reforms are implemented: the most likely scenario projects that
wheat and barley exports from Russia and Ukraine could double from current projections, reaching 21 million metric...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Russia; Ukraine; Reform; Productivity; Efficiency; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33937
BMI changes in Russian adults: the role of lifestyles and spousal relationships
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huffman,
Sonya Kostova.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: BMI; Russia; Lifestyle; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102653
Body Weight and Labour Market Outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huffman,
Sonya Kostova; Rizov,
Marian.
This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed work due to
illness for Russian adults by gender using recent panel data (1994-2005) from the nationally representative Russian Longitudinal
Monitoring Survey (RLMS). We employ econometric techniques to control for unobserved heterogeneity and potential biases due
to endogeneity in BMI. The results show an inverted U-shaped effect of BMI on probability of employment for men and women.
We did not find evidence of wage penalty for higher BMI. In fact, the wages for overweigh men are higher. However, having a
BMI above 28.3 increases the number of days missing work due to health problems for men. Overall, we find negative effects of
obesity on...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: BMI; Obesity; Labour market outcomes; Russia; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123539
CHANGES IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liefert,
William M.; Swinnen,
Johan F.M.
Economic reform in the transition economies of the former Soviet bloc has transformed the volume and mix of these economies'
agricultural production, consumption, and trade. Output drops in most countries have ranged from 25 to 50 percent. The livestock
sector has been hit particularly hard, all but eliminating U.S. grain exports to the region. This report concludes that the output
decline has been an inevitable part of market reform and that the main goal of agricultural policy in the transition economies
should not be to return output to pre-reform levels but to increase the productivity of input use. Although reform has created a
food security problem in some countries, the cause of the problem is not insufficient food supplies, but rather inadequate...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Russia; Ukraine; Former Soviet Union; Central and Eastern European countries; Transition economies;
Agricultural production; Livestock sector; Food consumption; Trade; Policy reform; Productivity; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33945
Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarettes Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herzfeld,
Thomas; Huffman,
Sonya Kostova; Oskam,
Arie J.; Rizov,
Marian.
This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and
2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and
cigarette consumption, and on diversity of diet. The results from a dynamic empirical model suggest that among microeconomic
determinants, initial levels of consumption, gender, holding a university degree, and having access to a garden plot have a
significant impact on the changes in consumption behavior in Russia. Regarding the macroeconomic variables, economic growth
has a significant impact on changes in fat and protein consumption and on alcohol use, while unemployment changes significantly
impact...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumption; Smoking; Alcohol; Economic transition; Russia; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49941
Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarettes Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herzfeld,
Thomas; Huffman,
Sonya Kostova; Oskam,
Arie J.; Rizov,
Marian.
This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and
2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and
cigarette consumption, and on diversity of diet. The results from a dynamic empirical model suggest that among microeconomic
determinants, initial levels of consumption, gender, holding a university degree, and having access to a garden plot have a
significant impact on the changes in consumption behavior in Russia. Regarding the macroeconomic variables, economic growth
has a significant impact on changes in fat and protein consumption and on alcohol use, while unemployment changes
significantly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumption; Smoking; Alcohol; Economic transition; Russia; Consumer/Household Economics; Food
Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49239
Competitiveness of Russian Dairy Sector: Inter-Regional Comparison
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mokshina,
Polina.
In competitive market dairy production will shift to the regions with the best conditions. In the Soviet paradigm dairy production
was evenly distributed throughout the country, what was caused by extremely low transportation prices and by differentiated by
regions procurement prices. Thus, there was no specialized zones of dairy production. The start of economic liberalization in
Russia was followed by the process of disintegration of the country's common economic space. Reforms entailed an increase in
transportation costs and regional specialization based on comparative advantages of a certain commodity production. Specialized
dairy producing zones started to emerge. This paper attempts to determine these zones in Russia in the nearest future. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russia; Dairy farming; Competitiveness; Comparative advantage; Inter-regional comparison; Livestock
Production/Industries; D49; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24638
CONSUMPTION INSURANCE AND VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A SYNTHESIS OF THE
EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, MALI, MEXICO, AND RUSSIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Skoufias,
Emmanuel; Quisumbing,
Agnes R.
This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico and Russia,
which examine the extent to which households are able through formal and/or informal arrangements to insure their consumption
from specific economic shocks and fluctuations in their real income. Building on the recent literature of consumption smoothing
and risk sharing, the degree of consumption insurance is defined by the degree to which the growth rate of household consumption
covaries with the growth rate of household income. All the cases studies show that food consumption is better insured than
nonfood consumption from idiosyncratic shocks. Adjustments in nonfood consumption appear to act as a mechanism for
partially...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Bangladesh; Consumption; Ethiopia; Income; Mali; Mexico; Poverty; Risk-sharing; Russia; Vulnerability; Food
Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16424
DETERMINANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ABANDONMENT IN POST-SOVIET
EUROPEAN RUSSIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prishchepov,
Alexander V.; Radeloff,
Volker C.; Muller,
Daniel; Dubinin,
Maxim; Baumann,
Matthias.
Socio-economic and institutional changes may accelerate land-use and land-cover change. Our goal was to explore the
determinants of agricultural land abandonment within one agro-climatic and economic region of post-Soviet European Russia
during the first decade of transition from a state-command to market-driven economy (between 1990 and 2000). We integrated
maps of abandoned agricultural land derived from 30 m resolution Landsat TM/ETM+ images, environmental and socioeconomic
variables and estimated logistic regressions. Results showed that post-Soviet agricultural land abandonment was significantly
associated with lower average grain yields in the late 1980s, higher distance from the populated places, areas with low population
densities, for isolated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural land abandonment; Institutional change; Land use change; Spatial analysis; Logistic regression;
Remote sensing; Russia; Agribusiness; Q15.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115363
Determinants of Unemployment Duration in Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foley,
Mark C.
Using information contained in a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of Russian citizens, this research analyzes the
determinants of unemployment duration during the early stages of economic transition. A competing-risks, discrete-time waiting
model, augmented to incorporate unobserved heterogeneity, is employed to analyze whether there is evidence of duration
dependence in unemployment, and the role of demographic characteristics, alternative income support, and local demand
conditions in explaining unemployment duration for workingage individuals. Married women are found to experience
significantly longer unemployment spells before exiting to a job compared to married men. Older individuals can expect to be
unemployed longer than comparable...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Unemployment euration; Economic transition; Russia; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28427
DOES GROUP AFFILIATION INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN RUSSIA’S
AGRICULTURE? EVIDENCE FROM AGROHOLDINGS IN THE BELGOROD OBLAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hahlbrock,
Konstantin; Hockmann,
Heinrich.
The impact of group affiliation to agroholdings on enterprise performance in terms of productivity and efficiency is
controversially discussed in the literature. However, only few papers evaluate the effects of group membership on the productivity
and the efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Russia. The underlying research question of this paper is therefore whether farms
that belong to agroholdings perform better than independent farms. We calculate partial land and labor productivity, total factor
productivity and technical efficiency scores for the two categories of independent farms and members of agroholdings. In this
paper a production function approach is estimated in the framework of stochastic frontier analysis. The results are used to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroholding; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Efficiency; Total Factor Productivity; Russia; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114579
Environmental Management in the Russian Federation: A Next Generation Enigma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wernstedt,
Kris.
Environmental managers in Russia face severe problems, both from Soviet-era and continuing environmental degradation and due
to the weakness of current institutions with responsibilities for environmental protection. This paper draws on surveys, a case
study of water pollution, and workshops on Russian environmental decision-making to explore prospects for environmental
improvements. Using concepts from the regulatory reform literature on next-generation environmental policies, it focuses on the
use of market incentives, the construction of a civil society, and community involvement, and emphasizes that Russian
nongovernmental organizations may have a particularly important role to play in improving environmental management.
Solidifying their legal base,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Russia; Environmental management; Non-governmental organizations; Water quality; Siberia; Transitioning
countries; Next-generation environmental policies; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10711
Household Expenditure Patterns for Carbohydrate Sources in Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shiptsova,
Rimma; Goodwin,
Harold L., Jr.; Holcomb,
Rodney B.
This study provides a unique view of the demand for carbohydrate sources in Russia at the household level. The data used in this
analysis were obtained from a 1996 survey in eight Russian metropolitan areas. An almost ideal demand system (AIDS) model is
used to examine the expenditures for potatoes, bread, flour, rice, and pasta. The impacts of household demographic factors on the
consumption of carbohydrates are also discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Carbohydrate sources; Consumer demand; Demographic variables; Household survey; Russia; Shonkwiler and
Yen consistent two-step estimation procedure; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31111
HOW DID POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN WHEAT EXPORT MARKETS IN RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE DURING THE FOOD CRISIS 2007/2008 INFLUENCE WORLD MARKET PRICE
TRANSMISSION?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goetz,
Linde; Glauben,
Thomas; Brümmer,
Bernhard.
C1_2
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International price transmission; Wheat market; Food crisis; Markov switching error correction model; Russia;
Ukraine; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93952
Impact of Corporate Ownership on Economic Performance of Agroholdings in Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matyukha,
Andriy; Perekhozhuk,
Oleksandr; Saraykin,
Valeriy; Uzun,
Vasilii.
This study conveys the impact of corporate ownership on economic performance of agroholdings – integrated agricultural,
processing, marketing, financial and industrial business units in Russia’s agro-food sector. Using a unique database of the
All-Russian Nikonov-Institute of Agrarian Problems and Informatics, we investigate 151 agroholdings in Russia and evaluate
their economic performances for 2006. Applying the multiple linear regression analysis we were able to quantify corporate
ownership and analyze a priori unobserved factors. The results of the econometric estimation reveal that state ownership exerts
negative influence on the economic performance of agroholdings.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroholding; Corporate Ownership; Performance; Russia; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115535
Impact of Russia and Ukraine on the international price formation and the EU markets - A Model
based analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banse,
Martin; Salamon,
Petra; Ledebur,
Guna; Fellmann,
Thomas; Nekhay,
Olexandr.
Oliver von; van Leeuwen,
Myrna; Bouma,
Foppe; Salputra,
This paper examines the effect of the future developments of Russian and Ukrainian agricultural sectors and their impact on the
world market prices for arable crops. Employed in the study is AGMEMOD, a partial equilibrium economic model of EU
agriculture at the Member State level that has been extended by Russia and Ukraine to gain quantitative insights. Vital for the
project has also been the integration of an endogenous world market price module including a stylized Rest of the World (ROW)
model. In Russia and Ukraine, there is a strong focus on plant production in general and on grain based animal production; Russia
and Ukraine are mostly net-exports of those products. Under the baseline, in Russia prices for crops and oilseeds are below the
world...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Partial equilibrium model; Price formation; Russia; Ukraine; Agricultural and Food Policy; Risk and
Uncertainty.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122536
Impacts of Export Controls On Wheat Markets During the Food Crisis 2007/2008 in Russia and
Ukraine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goetz,
Linde; Glauben,
Thomas; Brümmer,
Bernhard.
This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat world market price transmission during the
2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimed to reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high world market
prices to secure sufficient wheat supply on the domestic markets. Utilizing a Markov-Switching vector error correction model
(MSVECM), we find that the temporary export restrictions induced negative effects on wheat markets in Russia and Ukraine.
Although instability increased on the world markets itself, we have shown that the increase in the market instability was
particularly pronounced in Russia and Ukraine. Also, the export restrictions dampened price transmission to the farmers’ prices,
which pushed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International price transmission; Wheat market; Food crisis; Markov switching error correction model; Russia;
Ukraine; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61626
INFLUENCE OF THE INTEGRATION OF AGROHOLDINGS WITH RUSSIAN FARMS ON
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY AND ITS SUBCOMPONENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hahlbrock,
Konstantin; Hockmann,
Heinrich.
The impact of group affiliation to agroholdings on enterprise performance in terms of productivity and efficiency is
controversially discussed in the literature. However, only few papers evaluate the effects of group membership on the productivity
and efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Russia. The underlying research question of this paper is therefore whether farms that
belong to agroholdings perform better than independent farms. We calculate partial land and labor productivity, total factor
productivity (TFP) and technical efficiency scores for the two categories of independent farms and members of agroholdings. In
this paper a production function approach is estimated in the framework of stochastic frontier analysis. The results are used to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroholding; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Efficiency; Total Factor Productivity; Russia; Agroholding;
Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Effizienz; Total Factor Productivity; Russland; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy;
Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114508
Instruments Reducing Climatic Risk for Russian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sannikova,
Marina; Bukusheva,
Raushan.
The paper evaluates technical solutions and two main tapes of index-based insurance: area yield insurance and weather-based
index insurance regarding their efficiency in reducing climatic risks of Russian farms in the steppes zone. The analysis considers
area yield insurance at two levels of aggregation - oblast and rayon (county) level. Weather-based index insurance products are
drawn up by combining two weather parameters - daily precipitation and daily average air temperature. We employ yield and
weather data of an experimental station in the Central Volga Russia for the period from 1979 to 2000. In addition experts'
assessments are used to specify alternative levels of production technology and respective yield distributions for the considered
region....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk-management instruments; Climatic risk; Index-based crop insurance; Utility efficiency programming
model; Russia; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9271
Labor Market Dynamics in Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foley,
Mark C.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia experienced a series of economic shocks, resulting in
large decreases in output but limited change in employment. Using information contained in a nationally representative
longitudinal survey of Russian citizens, this research analyzes the labor market behavior of individuals from 1992 to 1996 during
the transition to a market economy. Under Markovian assumptions, the pattern of transitions between labor market states is
identified. Results indicate that the state sector has declined, but that the emerging private sector has played a limited role in
alleviating growing unemployment. The probability of losing a job increased 75 percent from 1992 to 1996 while the
re-employment...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Labor market dynamics; Economic transition; Russia; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28534
Latrunculia oparinae n. sp. (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae) from the Kurile Islands,
Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Samaai, Toufiek; Krasokhin, Vladimir.
A new species of Latrunculia with unusual properties is described from Kurile Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. Although this
species is structurally very similar in choanosomal architecture to all known species of Latrunculia, it differs from other
Latrunculia in both the structure of the anisodiscorhabd microscleres and by possessing terminally spined styles. It is the first
Latrunculia to be described with terminally spined anisostyles. Furthermore, the characteristic anisodiscorhabds of this new
species closely resemble microfossils found in Oligocene deposits from New Zealand. The similarity between the new species and
the fossil New Zealand species, along with the strong differences in spiculation from other Latrunculia species, suggest a
Tethyan...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Latrunculia; New species; Latrunculiidae; Porifera; Demospongiae; Russia.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504775
Liste des Mollusques rapportés de la Nouvelle-Zemble par M. Serge Ivanoff
Provedor de dados: 27
Autores: Dautzenberg, Ph.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Mollusca [Molluscs] PNE; Russia; Novaya Zemlya.
Ano: 1911
URL: http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/283144.pdf
Local Consequences of Applying International Norms: Differences in the Application of Forest
Certification in Northern Sweden, Northern Finland, and Northwest Russia
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Tysiachniouk, Maria; Centre for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg, Russia; [email protected].
Forest certification, developed in the early 1990s, is a process in which independent assessors grant use of the certification label to
producers who meet certain environmental and social criteria set for their forest products. This label was quickly seen to offer a
market advantage and to signal corporate social and environmental responsibility. This paper focuses on international norms
pertaining to environmental and indigenous rights, as manifested in cases of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)- and Programme
for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)-compatible certification, and how these norms have been applied domestically
and perceived locally in different states. Case studies are drawn from northern Sweden, northern Finland, and three...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive capacity; Finland; Forest certification; Russia; Sweden.
Ano: 2009
Measuring the Success of Agricultural Transition: An Application to Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liefert,
William M.
The paper presents a model of the agro-food system in a transition economy, which shows how the move from a planned to a
market economy affects the production and consumption of goods and economic welfare. The model is then used to identify two
complementary approaches for measuring the success of agricultural transition, where success is defined as increasing consumer
welfare. The first approach is to identify and measure quantitative indicators of economic gain. The second is to identify the
policies that would lead to greater welfare, and then measure the extent to which these policies have been implemented. An
assessment of Russian agricultural reform using the two evaluation approaches shows that only modest progress has been made.
Russia has not met...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transition; Agricultural reform; Russia; Efficiency; Productivity; Comparative advantage; Agricultural and
Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8528
Monitoring Current Status of and Trends in Boreal Forest Land Use in Russian Karelia
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Burnett, Charles; University of Salzburg; [email protected]; Fall, Andrew; Simon Fraser University;
[email protected]; Tomppo, Erkki; Finnish Forest Research Institute; [email protected]; Kalliola, Risto; University of Turku;
[email protected].
Some of the last remaining near-natural boreal forest landscapes in northern Europe can be found in the Russian Karelia near its
border with Finland. Currently, these forests are facing strong exploitation pressure in the form of extensive clearcuts. Demand for
conservation is also high. We characterize the boreal forest landscape in the region and assess the impacts of past and potential
management actions through a mapping and modeling study that synthesizes methods from landscape ecology, remote sensing,
and simulation modeling. The forests of the study area were mapped using techniques for interpreting multitemporal satellite
images and detecting changes. The species composition and structure of the forests were estimated using the multisource...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Karelia; Russia; Finland; Boreal forest; Conservation policy; Dynamic modeling; Fragmentation; Land use; GIS.
Ano: 2003
Multiple Job Holding in Russia During Economic Transition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foley,
Mark C.
This article analyzes multiple job holding in the context of economic transition. Evidence from a nationally representative
longitudinal survey of Russian citizens is used to characterize secondary jobs and second job holders, with emphasis on the
determinants of multiple job holding. There has been a marked increase in multiple job holding, rising from 5.6 percent overall in
1992 to 10.1 percent in 1996. Economic conditions prevalent in Russia’ s labor market are found to strongly affect secondary job
activity. Workers who have experienced wage arrears, been placed on involuntary leave, or are working less than full-time are all
significantly more likely to take on second jobs. Higher education nearly doubles this probability. As transition has progressed,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Multiple job holding; Economic transition; Russia; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28453
Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Nieukerken, E.J. van; Zolotuhin, V.V.; Mistchenko, A.
Abstract. The Nepticulidae of the Russian provinces (oblasts) Ul’yanovsk, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan and
Chelyabinsk and the Kalmyk Republic are listed. We record 60 species, including two only previously recorded, 28 species only
on the basis of leafmines (indicated with an *). Seventeen species are recorded as new for Russia. Eleven of these are reported on
the basis of adults: Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858), S. ulmiphaga (Preissecker, 1942), S. thuringiaca (Petry, 1904), S.
rolandi Van Nieukerken, 1990, S. hybnerella (Hübner, 1813), Trifurcula (Trifurcula) subnitidella (Duponchel, 1843), T. (T.)
silviae Van Nieukerken, 1990, T. (T.) beirnei Puplesis, 1984, T. (T.) chamaecytisi Z. & A. La√tüvka, 1994, Ectoedemia
(Zimmermannia)...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Russia; Faunistics; New records; New synonymy; Stigmella; Ectoedemia; Bohemannia; Trifurcula; 42.75.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/227761
NON-TARIFF BARRIERS AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TO TRADE DISPUTES: A CASE
STUDY OF U.S. POULTRY EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ames,
Glenn C.W.
This paper examines the recent U.S.-Russian trade dispute over poultry meats exports. Russia embargoed U.S. poultry on
February 16, 1996, alleging that the U.S. inspection system did not meet Russian standards. An agreement signed on March 25,
1996, establishing an inspection criteria for exports to Russia and a testing protocol for salmonella and residues, resolved the trade
dispute. Analysis indicates that Arkansas leg quarters prices are closely linked to U.S. poultry exports to Russia.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Non-tariff barriers; Trade disputes; Poultry; Russia; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16668
Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huffman,
Sonya Kostova; Rizov,
Marian.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Obesity; Labor market outcomes; Russia; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy;
Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61034
Oil and Water Don't Mix: Risk on Tap in Western Siberia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wernstedt,
Kris.
In common with other areas throughout the Russian Federation, western Siberia faces formidable environmental pollution, a
problem that in part is the legacy of the highly centralized Soviet era when meeting production quotas was the raison d'être for
many managers of economic enterprises. In this region, over the last thirty years the near singular focus on short term oil
production has led to severe contamination of the area's surface and groundwater supplies, threatening both human and ecological
health. At the same time, revenues from continued oil extraction may provide the means to address some of the environmental
problems. In light of the struggling economy and potential political instability, however, it is particularly critical that authorities...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Transitional economies; Drinking water; Oil contamination; Health risk; Prioritization; Least cost planning;
Russia; Siberia; Environmental Economics and Policy; I18; Q28.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10887
Power and Supply Chain Management - Insights from Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belaya,
Vera; Hanf,
Jon Henrich.
The research topic of power relationships has been receiving increasingly more attention lately. However, only a few scientific
works have studied power in the context of supply chain management. In this regard, intriguing research questions arise of how to
distinguish among and deal with negative and positive effects of power in order to avoid problems and use power as an effective
tool for supply chain management appear to be an important one. An important challenge, therefore, is to find out what role power
plays in supply chain networks and how it affects supply chain management with specific attention to coordination and
cooperation, and whether power can be utilized as a tool to promote the overall supply chain effectiveness. Therefore, the aim of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Power; Agri-Food Supply Chains; Supply Chain Management; Russia; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food
Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114483
Provision of Public Goods in the Transition Process: Empirical Evidence on Access to Health Care in
Rural Regions of Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohlein,
Daniela; Jutting,
Johannes Paul; Wehrheim,
Peter.
The objective of the paper is to identify the determinants of access to health care in rural Russia. We started out with the
observation that the transition process has affected the provision of social services in the Russian Federation in general, and in
rural areas in particular, owing to the overlap with agricultural reforms. Based on this observation we asked how the reduced role
of the state and the concomitant decentralization of policy making has affected access of the rural populace to social services. A
review of the available literature on this topic resulted in the formulation of the following three hypotheses. Firstly, that income is
a determinant of access to health care. Secondly, that informal payments play an important role in determining...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russia; Transition process; Public goods; Health care; Rural development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24843
Recent developments in biotech industry outside of the USA and Western Europe: Report from BIO
2005
Provedor de dados: 69
Autores: Bourinbaiar,Aldar S.
The BIO 2005 international convention is the largest gathering of the biotech industry in the world. This year it was held on June
19-22 inside the behemoth Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia, bringing together 18,730 executives, investors,
consultants, lawyers, politicians, scientists, and dreamers from 56 countries. More than 500 media representatives covered the
event. Biotechnology research and findings presented by countries outside the USA and Western Europe has begun to make a
significant impact on these annual BIO gatherings. The achievements of some of these countries are briefly reviewed.
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Bioindustry; Biotech; Biodefense; Eastern Europe; Latin America; Pacific; Russia.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582006000200002
Russia Agriculture Policy Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Melyukhina,
Olga; Tanguay,
Luc; Vaughan,
Odette; Jotanovic,
Aleksandar.
In recent years, as a result of a strong demand for energy and other natural resources, Russia's economy has experienced
impressive growth. Russia's re-emergence as a political and, particularly, economic power have allowed it to increase policy
support to its agricultural sector. Russia's size, improving prospects, and growing policy support make developments in its
agricultural sector of interest to Canada.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Russia; Agricultural policy; Regionalization; Ruble; Energy demand; Transparency; Agricultural and Food
Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy
Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46511
RUSSIAN AGRI-FOOD SECTOR: 16 MONTHS AFTER THE BREAKDOWN OF THE
MONETARY SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poganietz,
Witold-Roger.
In August 1998 the Russian foreign exchange market and financial system collapsed. As a consequence the rouble devaluated in
real terms against the currencies of the main trade partners, generating an output push in the agri-food sector. This improved the
financial health of most producer, thus "opening a window of opportunity" enhancing the long run growth prospects. But, it is not
apparent whether the agri-food sector make use of the enhanced circumstances. Insufficient incentive systems due to
non-enforcement of legal rules within firms and farms and lack of credibility of Russian government promote a rent-seeking
behaviour of employer and employees. Thus, it could be expected, that the non-price competitiveness of Russian products will
rather worsen...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agri-food sector; Macroeconomic environment; Exchange rate policy; Agricultural credit market; Russia; O13;
P24; Q19; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14937
Russia’s cereal markets: current trends, changes in net-trade position, and policy implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muller,
Marc; Wehrheim,
Peter.
This paper provides an overview of the most recent developments on Russian cereal markets. A review of annual statistics on
domestic production, trade, consumption, and storage of cereals reveals that the improvement in Russia’s net trade position cannot
only be explained by increased productivity of grain producers. Exhausted storage capacities and lowered real trade costs after the
devaluation of the Russian rouble in 1998 seem to have contributed to these developments. A computable general equilibrium
model for Russia based on 1999 data was used for analyzing various economic developments and policy changes. The model
simulations show that market protection in the short run, when the flexibility of labor and capital is restricted, may benefit
Russian...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Russia; Agriculture; Cereals; Trade; General Equilibrium Analysis; Crop Production/Industries; International
Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97439
Russia's Frangible Tendency to Rise: What Can Be Observed at Macro- and Meta-Level?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voigt,
Peter.
This paper is an extraction of some results achieved in a comprehensive study of Russia's transition in its regional as well as
sectoral dimension. Thereby, the transition process between 1993 - 2000 has been approximated by aggregated developments of
productivity, technical change, and technical efficiency which all have been calculated by a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA).
The obtained results have been analyzed with respect to any institutional circumstances in a second analytical step. Based on that,
in a third step, some political call for actions have been specified as well as addressed according to regional/federal responsibility.
The study has shown a notable heterogeneity within the considered regional as well as sectoral transition paths....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russia; Transition; Productivity; Efficiency; Regional development; Political Economy; O47.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24591
Russia's Transition to Major Player in World Agricultural Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liefert,
William M.; Liefert,
Olga; Serova,
Eugenia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Russia; Agriculture; Trade; Grain; Meat; WTO Accession; International Development; F14; P33; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94724
Russlands Ratifikation des Kyoto-Protokolls - ein kritisches Pladoyer
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schwerd,
Joachim.
At the beginning of December 2003 the ninth conference of the parties (COP) of the UN framework convention on climate change
(Rio declaration 1992) will take place. This meeting is crucial as it depends only on Russia's ratification to get the Kyoto protocol
started soon. This paper reflects the current state of the protocol and highlights the particular features of COP 9, e.g. the double
ratification hurdle, which - as a technical speciality of the protocol - was suitable to strengthen Russia's position in these
negotiations up to now. It will be discussed, why Russia shall comply with the protocol for its own sake, too. Only one of the
flexible Kyoto instruments is considered hereby: emissions trading. Two arguments are used for making the point, that it...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Kyoto protocol; Emissions trading; Dynamic efficiency; Russia; Environmental Economics and Policy; B52;
D78; D90; F18.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26184
Similarity and Income Content at the International Trade: The Case of BRICs during the Period
2000/09
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,
Orlando Monteiro da; Drumond,
Rafael Rodrigues; Almeida,
Fernanda Maria de.
This study aimed to calculate the patterns of similarity and income content of Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian exports by
means of indexes, and compare those patterns with those of OECD countries, covering a period between 2000 and 2009. The
results indicate that Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian exports became more similar between 2000 and 2006, but that
similarity has declined ever since. Exports from China and India, in turn, are increasingly similar to each other and less different
from the exports of OECD countries. Export sophistication has increased over the years, with higher growth rates in China and
India. India and Russia's sophistication indexes surpassed that of Brazil in 2007, which signal that those countries currently
export...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Exports; Brazil; Russia; China; India; Similarity; Income content; Agribusiness; F14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115527
Status and Development in the Dairy Sector in the BRIC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramanovich,
Mikhail; Ndambi,
Asaah; Hemme,
Torsten.
Milk production is a very important element of the whole dairy chain. The BRIC countries are among the top 6 milk producing
countries and produce nearly one third of the world’s total milk volume. A large number of dairy animals and a relatively low
milk output per animal show a great potential of the BRIC for a further growth of production. In the same time the BRIC countries
comprise 42% of world’s population. Expected population and prosperity growth will lead to a further growth in milk demand.
The BRIC countries have a competitive level of milk production cost in international comparison. The success of the BRIC
counties in the international milk market will depend on the contribution of all stakeholders in the dairy chain: farmers,
processors,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy sector; BRIC; Brazil; Russia; India; China; IFCN; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115522
The Choice of Technology in Russian Agriculture: An Application of the Induced Innovation
Hypothesis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,
Heinrich; Kopsidis,
Michael.
Even after more then ten years after the beginning of the transition process, Russian agriculture shows only limited sign of a
recovery. Production has not reached the level of the pre-transition period and investment is still on a very low level. In this paper
we use the "Theory of Induced Innovation" in order to access the development of production structures in Russia and to identify
the major obstacles for restructuring. We argue that due to multiple market failure (capital, labour) and inappropriate institutional
arrangements inherited from Soviet times hinder the development of Russian agriculture. Both reasons causes that agricultural
enterprises have difficulties with regard to an adjustment of factor input and production corresponding to the real...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical change; Efficiency; Russia; Agriculture; Induced innovation theory; Agribusiness; Q11; Q16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24652
The collection of Meteorites in the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of
Science (19th-20th centuries - the history of its origin and study)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Bessudnova, Z.A.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Meteorites; Collection; Catalogue; Museum; Russia; 39.54.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215352
THE DEMAND FOR FOOD QUALITY IN RUSSIA AND ITS LINKAGE TO OBESITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staudigel,
Matthias.
This study analyses whether Russian households differ in their choice of food quality when they differ in their number of
overweight and obese members. Using survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for the years
1995-2005, households are classified into three weight groups. Quality elasticities of expenditures are estimated by a fixed-effects
panel model regressing unit values of several food groups on expenditures and a set of household characteristics. Coefficients for
each weight group are received by including interaction terms of expenditures and weight group dummies. A set of Wald tests is
applied to test for slope heterogeneity across weight groups. Descriptive statistics reveal that obese households actually purchase...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Unit values; Quality choice; Quality elasticity; Obesity; Russia; RLMS; Agricultural and Food Policy;
Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and
Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C23; D12; I10; I18; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116444
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHING ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN RUSSIA
FROM THE 18TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaikiu,
Doz W.W.; Wandel,
Jurgen.
The transition to market principles in Russia’s agro-food sector forced the country’s agricultural institutes of higher education to
adapt their curriculum to the new economic system. This included the introduction of the subject "studies of agricultural markets".
The paper shows that until the collectivization of agriculture in the early 1930s Russia did, in fact, have an own tradition in this
discipline, which was influenced by well-known Russian economists like Chaynov and Kondratyev.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Россия; Учение о сельскохозяйственных рынках; История науки; Russland; Landwirtschaftliche
Marktlehre; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Russia; Teaching on agricultural markets; History of science.; Institutional and Behavioral
Economics; International Development; Political Economy; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods;
Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; B 0.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91765
The Palaearctic species of the genus Diachasmimorpha Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Achterberg, C. van.
Two new species of the genus Diachasmimorpha Viereck, 1913 (Braconidae: Opiinae) are described: D. feijeni spec. nov. from
Bhutan (reared from Bactrocera minax (Enderlein) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in fruits of Citrus reticulata Blanco (mandarin)) and D.
budrysi spec. nov. from Far East Russia. A key to the Palaearctic species is added, including two similar species (Fopius alternatae
(Tobias, 1977), and F. myolejae (Tobias, 1977)).
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Opiinae; Diachasmimorpha; Palaearctic; Bhutan; Russia; Key; Diptera; Citrus
reticulata; Bactrocera minax; Tephritidae; 42.75.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215083
The plant species eaten by hazel grouse in the southern part of the Russian Far East
Provedor de dados: 19
Autores: Nechaev, Vitalii A.; Fujimaki, Yuzo; ネチャエフ, V.A.; 藤巻, 裕蔵.
Palavras-chave: Bonasa bonasia; Food; Hazel grouse; Plant; Russia; 食物; エゾライチョウ; 植物; ロシア.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1329
The role of harvest, predators, and socio-political environment in the dynamics of the Taimyr wild
reindeer herd with some lessons for North America
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Kolpasсhikov, Leonid; Extreme North Agricultural Research Institute; [email protected]; Makhailov,
Vladimir; St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation; [email protected]; Russell, Don E.; CARMA, Yukon
College; [email protected].
The Taimyr wild reindeer herd, i.e., caribou (Rangifer tarandus), is one of the most important wildlife resources in the Russian Far
North and may constitute the largest migratory Rangifer herd in the world. Over the last 60 years the herd has undergone a
recovery from low numbers in the 1940s, reaching high densities by 1970 that concerned wildlife managers and domestic
husbandry herds, with an 11.7% annual growth rate. At that time an aggressive commercial harvest of the herd was implemented,
and organized wolf control was initiated with the goal of stabilizing herd numbers and injecting needed economic activity into the
region. These actions dampened the rate of increase throughout the 1970s and 1980s to a 3.0% annual growth rate. From 1991,
after the...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis
Palavras-chave: Harvest; Rangifer; Reindeer; Russia; Taimyr.
Ano: 2015
What is Behind the Fall in Russian Agricultural Production?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezlepkina,
Irina V.
This study analyses the causal factors of fall in Russian farm output focusing on financial determinants. Translog production
function is estimated on panel of 17653 large-scale farms for 1996-1998 period using fixed-effects and accounting for
inter-regional climate differences. Output elasticities are analysed for sub-samples of crop and animal producing farms. The
research findings show that budget transfers to the farms are inefficient and result in taxation of farms. Farms are operating under
the soft budget constraints that have to be removed to improve farm production performance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production; Russia; Debts; Credit; Budget transfers; Production Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24785
ZUR INSTITUTIONELLEN STEUERBARKEIT VON PRODUKTIVEM UNTERNEHMERTUM
IM TRANSFORMATIONSPROZESS RUSSLANDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,
Martin.
Der Transformationsprozess Russlands von einer zentralstaatlich geplanten Volkswirtschaft hin zu einer Marktwirtschaft nach
westlichem Vorbild liefert eine aufschlussreiche Fallstudie über die von William Baumol (1990) vertretene These der
institutionellen Steuerbarkeit von produktivem Unternehmertum durch einen unabhängigen und wohlmeinenden Staat (Journal of
Political Economy 98, S. 893-921). Entgegen Baumols Annahme von der Konstanz des Unternehmertums in Raum und Zeit gibt
es empirische und historische Hinweise, dass die Verbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland
deutlich geringer ist als in anderen Ländern. Im Transformationsprozess nahmen politische Unternehmer nicht nur aktiv an der
Ausgestaltung der institutionellen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Unternehmertum; Russland; Transformationsprozess; Institutionelle Steuerung; Entrepreneurship; Russia;
Transition process; Institutional reform.; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy;
Public Economics; L26; P21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94721