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AzEcon Newsletter, May 2002

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In this issue: 

  1. New additions to Research & Analysis database

  2. Contributing to AzEcon Research Database

  3. For Students

  4. For Economists & Academicians

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  1. New additions to Research & Analysis database

Agriculture

 

1) The Food Situation in the ex-Soviet Republics, (1992), Susan Senior Nello, Soviet Studies, Vol. 44, No. 5. (1992), pp. 857-880

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/agriculture/1992/Nello.pdf 

 

2) Income Distribution in Soviet Agriculture (1975), Karl-Eugen Wadekin, Soviet Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1. (Jan., 1975), pp. 3-26

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/agriculture/1975/Wadekin.pdf 

 

3) The New Soviet Agricultural Programme (1965), Jerzy F. Karcz, Soviet Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2. (Oct., 1965), pp. 129-161

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/agriculture/1965/Karcz.pdf 

 

 

Economic development

 

4) National Wealth Estimation in the USSR and the Russian Federation (1997), Leonid I. Nesterov, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 49, No. 8. (Dec., 1997), pp. 1471-1484

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/Articles/development/1997/nesterov.pdf

 

5) Stabilization and Growth in Transition Economies: The Early Experience (1996), Stanley Fischer, Ratna Sahay, Carlos A. Vegh, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 10, No. 2. (Spring, 1996), pp. 45-66

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/Articles/Development/1996/Fischer.pdf

 

6) How Far Has the Transition Progressed? (1996), Peter Murrell, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 10, No. 2. (Spring, 1996), pp. 25-44

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/development/1996/Murrell.pdf 

 

7) Symposium on the Soviet Economy after Communism: Economic Reform in the USS and the Role of Aid (1991), Stanley Fischer, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Vol. 1991, No. 2. (1991), pp. 289-301

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/development/1991/Fischer.pdf

 

8) Are There Limits to Growth? Population and Resources Under the Socialist Economic System (1990), Elwood Carlson, Mikhail S. Bernstam, Population and Development Review, Vol. 16, Supplement: Resources, Environment, and Population: Present Knowledge, Future Options, pp. 374-407. 

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/development/1990/carlson.pdf 

 

 

Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment

 

9) American Capital in the Contest for Soviet Oil, 1920-23 (1973), Philip S. Gillette, Soviet Studies, Vol. 24, No. 4. (Apr., 1973), pp. 477-490

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/energy/1973/gillette.pdf

 

 

Privatization

 

10) Pensions Reform, Privatisation and Restructuring in the Transition: Unfinished Business or Inappropriate Agendas? (1998), Roger Charlton, Roddy McKinnon, Lukasz Konopielko, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 50, No. 8. (Dec., 1998), pp. 1413-1446

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1998/Charlton.pdf

 

 

Public Finance

 

11) Corruption, Public Finances, and the Unofficial Economy (1998), Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, Pablo Zoido-Lobatón, World Bank

http://econ.worldbank.org/docs/988.pdf

 

12) Government in Transition: Regulatory Discretion and the Unofficial Economy (1998), Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, Pablo Zoido-Lobaton, The American Economic Review, Vol. 88, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred and Tenth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1998), pp. 387-392

 

13) Agriculture and Rural Out-Migration in Central Asia, 1960-91 (1995), Ajay Patnaik, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1. (1995), pp. 147-169

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/agriculture/1995/Patnaik.pdf 

 

 

Social Economics

 

14) Pensions Reform, Privatisation and Restructuring in the Transition: Unfinished Business or Inappropriate Agendas? (1998), Roger Charlton, Roddy McKinnon, Lukasz Konopielko, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 50, No. 8. (Dec., 1998), pp. 1413-1446

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1998/Charlton.pdf

 

15) The Asian Development Bank on Asia's Megacities (1997), Asian Development Bank, Population and Development Review, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Jun., 1997), pp. 451-459

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1997/adb.pdf 

 

16) Data and Perspectives: Historical Perspectives on the Population of the Soviet Union (1985), Roland Pressat, Population and Development Review, Vol. 11, No. 2. (Jun., 1985), pp. 315-334

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1985/Pressat.pdf

 

17) The Status of National Minority Languages in Soviet Education: An Assessment of Recent Changes (1974), Brian D. Silver, Soviet Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1. (Jan., 1974), pp. 28-40

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1974/silver.pdf 

 

18) Education of the Non-Russian Peoples in the USSR, 1917-1967: An Essay (1968), Yaroslav Bilinsky, Slavic Review, Vol. 27, No. 3. (Sep., 1968), pp. 411-437

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1968/bilinsky.pdf

 

19) Birth Control and Regional Differentials in the Soviet Union (1968), Peter Mazur, Population Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Nov., 1968), pp. 319-333

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1968/mazur.pdf

 

20) Problems of Labour Mobility in the USSR (1962), R. Fakiolas, Soviet Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1. (Jul., 1962), pp. 16-40

http://azecon.aznet.org/azecon/articles/social/1962/Fakiolas.pdf

 

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  1. Contributing to AzEcon Research Database

This project is looking for contributors and editors for its Research & Analysis categories. 

An editor manages one or more separate sections by searching for new thematic papers, contacting original authors, developing the site, etc. For more information, go to http://www.aubg.bg/home/students/eea980/azecon/join%20us.htm or write us to AzEcon@yahoo.com

Contributors: To add a new paper to AzEcon's database, send us a stable link if the paper is large (more than 1MB), we will either download it or put link to it; if the paper is less than 1 MB, you can send it to us directly, though try to limit emails to 1 a day. You can also let us know the name, author/s, date, source of the work and we will try to find it ourselves. 

 

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III. For Students

Understanding the importance of encouraging future economists, AzEcon is about to launch its new service: Students

In this section students will be able to post their university works and share their thoughts and views on Azerbaijani economy with their colleagues. All students are encouraged to submit their course works

Given the constraints, we will accept only those works written by students in graduate programs and Diploma works of undergraduate students (Senior thesis).

 

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  1. For Economists & Academicians

In order to promote existing economic literature related to Azerbaijan, we decided to directly appeal to economists, academicians and all others working in any fields related to Economics, to send their works and thus be able to reach the wide audience that AzEcon ensures.

Send your works to AzEcon@yahoo.com with Research in the Subject line. You can send us your works in any format. We will change all .doc files to .pdf in order to better preserve quality and format. Please, try not to send files larger than 1 MB 

All members of AzEcon are encouraged to spread this announcement to their professors and fellow economists.

 

All emails should be sent to AzEcon@yahoo.com

 

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