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Mot demokratisk konsolidering i Russland? En studie av politisk kultur og demokratisering i det post-sovjetiske Russland
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Integration and Regionalization - a political economic analysis
(NUPI Working Paper;609, Working paper, 2000)This paper examines the incentives for political integration in a situation with a non-excludable public good. The model emphasizes inter-regional differences in sizes and preferences for the public good. In such a two-country ... -
Justice and cultural diversity in Guatemala : an analysis of the rights of ethnic groups in Guatemala based on two liberal approaches to justice in multicultural democracies
(NUPI Rapport;255, Research report, 2000)The report is a revised version of the author's thesis by the same title. -
Globalisation and industrial location: The impact of trade policy when geography matters
(NUPI Working Paper;608, Working paper, 2000)The paper shows how industrial location and welfare depends on “most-favoured nation” (MFN) versus distance-related trade barriers, using a monopolistic competition model with regions located along a “Hotelling” line or ... -
Forsvar og identitet: de norske friskusverdiene
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From Liminars to Others: Securitization Through Myths
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Bulwark, Bridge, or Periphery? Polish discourse on Poland and Europe
(NUPI Rapport;263, Research report, 2001)After the Communist regime started crumbling in 1989, the official foreign policy of Poland has been redefined. A central characteristic in this process has been Polish involvement in the process of European integration ... -
Selvforståelse og rolleforventning under ulike regimer: En studie av den russiske intelligentsiaens før og etter kommunismens fall sett i lys av Zygmunt Baumans og Pierre Bourdieus kultursosiologi
(NUPI Rapport;260, Research report, 2001)Denne studien undersøker rollemønstre og selvforståelse som intellektuelle utvikler under henholdsvis et totalitært og et demokratisk regime. Mer bestemt rettes søkelyset mot den intellektuelle forstått som en samfunnskritiker, ... -
Russisk-samisk politikk på 1990-tallet, og dens sovjetiske forhistorie
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Supermaktens akilleshæl? Politisk polarisering og beslutningsproblemer ved amerikanske internasjonale militære engasjement
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Keeping the peace together? Joint Russian-Western peace operations in the Commonwealth of Independent States
(NUPI Rapport;259, Research report, 2001)The purpose of this report is to discuss the conditions for future multinational peace operations in the Commonwealth of Independent States, including both Russian and Western forces. The aim and scope of this study are ... -
Lovely but dangerous: The impact of patent citations on patent duration
(NUPI Working Paper;614, Working paper, 2001)What is the impact of patent citations on patent renewal behaviour? Patent citations are commonly used as an indicator of technology spillovers. For cited patents therefore, patent citations have a potentially ambiguous ... -
Elite perceptions of ethical problems facing the Western oil industry in Iran
(NUPI Rapport;258, Research report, 2001)The hybrid of democratic and theocratic institutions of revolutionary Iran is now over twenty years old, and is undergoing challenge. An elected president with popular legitimacy but no control of the means of coercion is ... -
Local Elites meet Foreign Corporations : The Examples of Iran and Azerbaijan
(NUPI Working Paper;617, Working paper, 2001)Oil companies have jumped on the bandwagon of promotion of democracy and human rights, but without sufficient expertise in local conditions. What works in one country may backfire in another. Azeri democrats want the oil ... -
Linking Issues : Should one bargain over two issues simultaineously or separately?
(NUPI Working Paper;616, Working paper, 2001)International negotiations on trade (e.g. GATT and TRIPS) have typically been of the packageform, and different issues have therefore been linked to each other. Trade issues have not been linked to e.g. environmental ... -
Political Priorities and Economic Interests in Russian-Latvian Relations
(NUPI Working Paper;620, Working paper, 2001)The paper focuses on interaction of political and economic aspects in Russian-Latvian relations. During the most of the 1990´s, the relationship was dominated by the «conflict manifestation,» which could be witnessed during ... -
Recent Advances in Growth Theory. A Comparison of Neoclassical and Evolutionary Perspectives
(NUPI Working Paper;615, Working paper, 2001)Research on economic growth has experienced remarkable progress the last decade. The neoclassical perspective has benefited from development of new mathematical methods and new approaches to market structure, economics of ... -
Firms' export decisions - fixed trade costs and the size of the export market
(NUPI Working Paper;618, Working paper, 2001)This article presents two models of international trade under monopolistic competition. In increasing returns sectors firms face fixed, in addition to variable, trade costs, therefore both exporters and non-exporters may ... -
Corruption. A review of contemporary research
(NUPI Report;268, Research report, 2001)This report is an overview of contemporary research on corruption. The main objectives of the study have been to organise existing knowledge on corruption, discuss the major controversies within and across disciplines and ... -
Meet Me Halfway but don't Rush : Absorptive capacity and strategic R&D investment revisited
(NUPI Working Paper;621, Working paper, 2001)In this paper, we analyse how R&D investment decisions are affected by R&D spillovers between firms, taking into consideration that more R&D investment improves the ability to learn from competing firms - the so-called ...