The paper describes tests of hypotheses from economic history and theory concerning the significance of financial development as a possible determinant of economic growth. The empirical analysis is based on a large panel data set covering 93 countries from 1970–90. It goes beyond existing studies by drawing on a new proxy for financial development that refers to the input of real resources into...

L American party organizations have received remarkably little scholarly attention. Although this is hardly a new problem (see Blanksten 1960: 479; Martz 1964: 509; Kaufman 1977: 109), it is particularly surprising in the contemporary period. Not only has the demise of authoritarianism in the region increased the number and importance of parties, but the intellectual trend away from marxism to ...

The finance-growth nexus is discussed with respect to possible conclusions from economic history, contributions from economic theory as well as recent empirical crosscountry studies. Then, a new proxy for financial development is introduced, which refers to the input of real resources into the financial system. Based on this proxy, an empirical framework is elaborated to clarify the importance ...

The article considers significant social and managerial features of developing the “Minusinsk” project/ Electrograd city in Minusinsk Valley as one large-scale state projects, including creating urban sites presence. analysis is conducted using successful experience designing closed administrativeterritorial formations (CATFs) presence USSR Atomic Project. purpose this atomic project was to ens...

Based on empirical data, the article analyzes values of relatively large and comparable professional groups, officers Armed Forces police Russia. The aim research is to understand semantic constructions through which respondents symbolize their attitude surrounding reality. To do this, they were asked write favorite proverb, try "match" in behavior. authors proceeded from assumption that interi...

This article creates and curates a sequence of cabaret songs to represent recognizable characters or types from the scholarship literature modern, neoliberalised university. Using poetic enquiry as an ethnographic technique, I stand at border practice-based qualitative performative research paradigms re-imagine such figures ninja, nervous wreck, precariat, zombie activist in modern The has two ...