• A Polanyi Perspective on Post-Communist Corruption 

      Andvig, Jens Christopher (NUPI Working Paper;648, Working paper, 2003)
      The paper seeks to explain the present high levels of corruption in the post-communist countries, i.e. the centrally planned economies where the communist party lost power as the outcome of a specific historical process ...
    • Political Priorities and Economic Interests in Russian-Latvian Relations 

      Spruds, Andris (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 

      Maurseth, Per Botolf (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 ...
    • The German ICT industry : Spatial employment and innovation patterns 

      Frank, Björn; Maurseth, Per Botolf (NUPI Working Paper;674, Working paper, 2005)
      This paper documents recent developments in German ICT industries. In particular we report results on spatial patterns in innovation and employment in these industries. The paper is motivated by previous studies that ...
    • Trade and development - a selective review 

      Maurseth, Per Botolf (NUPI Working Paper;681, Working paper, 2005)
      This paper reviews parts of the recent literature on trade and growth. The relationships between trade and growth have been extensively studied in recent research. Many studies indicate that trade stimulates income and ...
    • Trade Openness and Economic Growth : Do Institutions Matter? 

      Stensnes, Kyrre (NUPI Working Paper;702, Working paper, 2006)
      Do lower policy-induced barriers to international trade promote economic growth in countries with poorly developed institutions? Several studies have found a general and positive relationship between trade openness and ...