This paper empirically investigates the link between political patronage and bank performance for Ukraine during 2003Q3–2005Q2. We find significant differences between politically affiliated and non-affiliated banks. The data suggest that affiliated banks have significantly lower interest rate margins and increase their capitalization. Furthermore, we show that the level of activity of affiliat...

beet yellows virus (byv) belongs to the genus closterovirus, closteroviridae family, is one the most important viruses of sugar beet worldwide. in order to identify and characterize some molecular aspects of the byv, a total of 75 symptomatic leaf samples of sugar beet were collected from sugar beet field of west azarbayjan, hamedan and kermanshah provinces, iran. leaves showing general yellowi...

The paper considers the recent trends at the market for corporate control in Ukraine. As a result of the undertaken original research, some very important conclusions have been made. First of all, during 1998-2001 corporate ownership structure in Ukraine became more concentrated, in contrast to such country in transition as Russia. Second, the more concentrated is the ownership structure of Ukr...

Zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir represent a major public health problem, affecting all continents. Hundreds of pathogens and many different transmission modes are involved, and many factors influence the epidemiology of the various zoonoses. The importance and recognition of wildlife as a reservoir of zoonoses are increasing. Cost-effective prevention and control of these zoonoses necessitat...

s of Lectures and Talks Trilateral German-Russian-Ukrainian Summer School “Spectral Theory, Differential Equations and Probability” Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz September 4th 15th, 2016 Stand: September 3, 2016

Over the past several years, Ukraine has frequently affirmed that its foreign policy goal is to join ‘all European and Euro-Atlantic structures with priority given to the European Union’, but it was not until June 1998 that Ukraine officially stated its foreign and security policy goal of integration into the EU. Since this time Ukrainian officials have sought to convince their European counter...

In this paper, I put the ongoing G20 process of improving the regulation of international finance into a historically and theoretically informed perspective. To understand the driving forces behind and obstacles to international cooperation in governing finance I combine concepts from international and comparative political economy. Different variants of capitalism have reacted in distinct ways...

This paper aims to analyze how the most requested and contributed contents in Wikipedia may significantly vary depending on the considered edition. The on-line Encyclopedia has become a prolific research topic, mainly in aspects related to the assessment of its contents and in its evolution forecasting. However, very little effort has been devoted to deal with the kind of use given to Wikipedia...

“south caucasus” has always been part of the most challenging regions of the world and it is considered very crucial for europe to maintain its security.“eastern partnership plan” (eap), which is part of neighborhood policy of eu (european :union:) started in the country a short time after the war between georgia and russia in 2008, in fact, it was interpreted as the europe’s response to russia...