Research


Ilona Babenko|Viktar Fedaseyeu|Song Zhang| 30.08.2019
Do CEOs Affect Employees’ Political Choices?
The authors study the relation between CEO and employee campaign contributions and find that CEO-supported political candidates receive 3 times more money from employees than candidates not supported by the CEO.
19.08.2019
Belarusian Economy in mid-2019: the Aftermath of Recovery Growth Period
By mid-2019, a period of recovery growth has been accomplished and the national economy enters a new stage of development. This policy paper sums up and analyzes the results of the recovery growth period. The paper argues that the results are contradictory.
09.07.2019
Productivity or the External Environment: Which is More Important for Growth in Emerging Markets?
The goal of this research is to assess and compare growth promoting effects associated with productivity determinants and external environment determinants in 34 emerging market economies.
| 25.06.2019
Foreign investment: ICT sector as an example to follow
In 2018, only the ICT sector was stably attractive to investors, unlike public sector assets. Belarus’ overall investment prospects remained bleak.
19.06.2019
The assessment of poverty in Belarus for 2017-2018
This paper estimates poverty in Belarus using annual data of the Sample Household Survey on Living Standards from 2017-2018.