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  • Heterogeneous responses of firms to trade protection 
    Konings, Jozef; Vandenbussche, Hylke (Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2008-02)
    This paper uses EU firm-level panel data to estimate the effect of Antidumping (AD) protection on the productivity of EU domestic firms in import-competing industries. We find that firms with relatively low initial ...
  • How do exporters react to changes in cost competitiveness? 
    Decramer, Stefaan; Fuss, Catherine; Konings, Jozef (European Central Bank, 2014-12)
    Policy-making institutions such as the European Commission, the ECB and the OECD often use unit labor costs as a measure of international competitiveness. The goal of this paper is to examine how well this measure is ...
  • THE IMPACT OF MOTHER’S VIOLENCE RATIONALIZATION ON THE SCHOOLING OF HER CHILDREN: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY 
    Koshkinova, Akerke (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2019)
    This study explores whether a mother’s rationalization of intimate partner violence against wives is associated with the school entry of her children. The study uses the Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey with the ...
  • The Impact of Remittances on Household Welfare: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan 
    Turarova, Naziya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-04-01)
    n this paper I study the impact of remittances on household welfare in Kyrgyzstan. I deploy asset indices calculated using Principal Component Analysis and asset accumulation over four years (2010-2013) to measure the ...
  • THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING ON BOX-OFFICE REVENUE: EVIDENCE FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 
    Kim, Kyung (Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 2020-10-21)
    In this paper, I study the short-run effect of social distancing due to the COVID-19 outbreak on movie demand and box-office revenue. Using longitudinal data on the Korean movie theater industry, I first estimate a nested ...
  • THE IMPACT OF SUBSIDIES ON FIRM SALES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS) 
    Sapar, Aizhan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)
    The aim of the following study is to investigate the impact of subsidies on firm sales in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. This study is based on the fifth round of Business Environment and Enterprise ...
  • The impact of the alcohol minimum unit pricing policy on the consumption of alcoholic beverages: evidence from Russia 
    Mukasheva, Anel (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)
    This paper estimates the effect of minimum retail price policy imposed on vodka and other hard liquor on the consumption of five alcoholic beverages: beer, dry wine, fortified wine, moonshine, and vodka. Using the OLS with ...
  • THE IMPACT OF THE ALCOHOL MINIMUM UNIT PRICING POLICY ON THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIA 
    Mukasheva, Anel (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)
    This paper estimates the effect of minimum retail price policy imposed on vodka and other hard liquor on the consumption of five alcoholic beverages: beer, dry wine, fortified wine, moonshine, and vodka. Using the OLS with ...
  • Importers, exporters, and exchange rate disconnect 
    Amiti, Mary; Itskhoki, Oleg; Konings, Jozef (National bureau of economic research, 2012-12)
    Large exporters are simultaneously large importers. In this paper, we show that this pattern is key to understanding low aggregate exchange rate pass-through as well as the variation in pass-through across exporters. ...
  • The income elasticity of demand for healthcare in Kazakhstan 
    Juatova, Sandugash (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018-04-19)
    The study aims to understand out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditures in Kazakhstan. Ac- cording to the World Health Organization database expenditures as a percentage of total expendi- tures was 45.1% in 2014. This ...
  • Income - Happiness Relationship: “The More the Better?” Evolutionary Psychology Approach 
    Shakhizadayev, Abylay (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018-05-04)
    The paper’s aim is to analyze the influence of absolute and relative income growth on happiness level of an individual. The paper uses the admixture of current Psychology science’s theoretical approaches and Economic ...
  • Informal Competition in Kazakhstan 
    Sarsenbayeva, Aigerim (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)
    The size of the informal economy in Kazakhstan declined from 42.6% in 1999 to 33.8% in 2015. The informal economy can make an important contribution to solving the problem of fiscal deficit without forgoing economic growth ...
  • Is Eurasian Customs Union Trade Creating? Gravity Model Analysis 
    Smailova, Bayan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-01)
    The paper presents a thorough analysis of the consequences of economic integration for the countries of the Eurasian Customs Union. The main objective of the paper is to evaluate the economic efficiency of the Union by ...
  • MATERNITY CAPITAL AND THE MOTHERHOOD WAGE PENALTY: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIA 
    Rustem, Kenzhetayev (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022-05)
    This paper analyzes the implications of the maternity capital policy on the earnings of mothers with one or two children under 18 in Russia. The main goals of this paper are to obtain the most recent estimates of the ...
  • Merger Review: How much of industry is affected in an international perspective? 
    Van Cayseele, Patrick; Konings, Jozef; De Loecker, Jan (Center for Economic Studies, 2003-12)
    The ex ante merger control process that exists at the EC as well as in many of the constituting member states is a particular type of government intervention, namely one in the market for corporate control. As such, ...
  • OIL PRICES AND REAL EXCHANGE RATES 
    Alpysbayeva, Dinara (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)
    Fluctuations in oil prices during the last decade have reignited the interest in the \Dutch Disease" hypothesis. The paper aims at identifying the presence of the Dutch Disease and at assessing the importance of choosing ...
  • OIL PRICE SHOCKS AND GREEN BONDS: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 
    Azhgaliyeva, Dina; Kapsalyamova, Zhanna; Mishra, Ranjeeta (Energy Economics, 2022)
    This paper contributes to the existing literature by investigating the impacts of crude oil price shocks on financial markets through an examination of the effect of oil price shocks on the issuance of corporate green ...
  • Pass-on trade: Why do firms simultaneously engage in two-way trade in the same varieties? 
    P. Damijan, Jože; Konings, Jozef; Polanec, Sašo (LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, 2012-05)
    This paper documents that a large fraction of trade flows at the firm level consists of simultaneous imports and exports in identical products, narrowly defined at the 8-digit product classification, which we call Pass-On ...
  • Pension reforms in Kazakhstan using an OLG model 
    Abdikarim, Uldana (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-07-28)
    The aim of this paper was to study the effects of recently introduced pension reform in Kazakhstan on the welfare of the country. The effect of increase in mandatory retirement age for women from 58 to 63 was of primary ...
  • Personal bankruptcy filing behavior: the case of youth in the U.S. 
    BISSENBINA, ASSEMGUL (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017-05-29)
    The current study analyzes personal bankruptcy ling behavior of young Americans born in the period from 1980 to 1984. Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), I nd the importance of demographic and ...