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Why the National Bank of Georgia Is Ditching Dollars for Gold
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) recently acquired 7 tons of high-quality monetary gold valued at 500 million dollars,…
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Insights and Research Shared at the 2023 FREE Network Retreat
The 2023 FREE Network Retreat, an annual face-to-face event for members of the FREE Network, gathered its representative…
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The Belarusian Currency Market During War in Ukraine: Hidden Problems and New Trends
Belarus has faced unprecedented sanctions during the last year and the new economic conditions have led to a GDP decline…
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Green Banking and Its Development in Belarus
Climate change and environmental protection are challenging both policymakers and society. People are getting increasing…
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Does Political Illegitimacy in Belarus Imply New Economic Risks?
Today's political crisis in Belarus has given rise to the phenomenon classified in political science as political illegi…
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Can Central Banks Always Influence Financial Markets? Evidence from Russia
In many financial markets, including the UK and US, central banks are able to influence asset prices through unexpected…
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Ownership Structure, Acquisitions and Managerial Incentives
Both the theoretical and empirical literature assume that takeovers are less likely to occur when firms have large conce…
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Financial Stress and Economic Contraction in Belarus
This brief summarizes the results of an analysis of financial stress episodes in the Belarusian economy. Based on a prin…
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Russian Financial Markets, Pension Funds and ETFs
In this brief, I consider problems arising from the virtual non-existence of index funds and/or Exchange Traded Funds (E…
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