5. From modernization to isolation

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-89
Author(s):  
Richard Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
System State ◽  
State Involvement ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Financial Crisis Of 2008 ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

‘From modernization to isolation’ shows how Russia’s dependence on oil and gas was tested by the global financial crisis of 2008 and Western sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. During Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency, Putin, as prime minister, held onto much of the power. Medvedev’s ambitious plans to modernize the Russian economy with technology were limited by a legacy of corruption in the system. State involvement in energy, defence, industrial production, finance, and agriculture increased, with slick officials masking unchanged methods. On his fourth inauguration in 2018, Putin showed no sign of changing the conservative strategies that had helped him stabilize Russia.

Framing and blaming in times of economic crisis

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 814-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill C. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Diffusion Resistance ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This article takes a critical approach to the language used by Australian politicians during the global financial crisis of 2007–8. Critical periods in history provide a rich substrate for the appearance of new expressions with the potential to frame the debate, influencing the ways events are interpreted and blame attributed. Passing unnoticed into usage, such memes have the potential to become part of unexamined background knowledge and covertly co-opt hearers and users into shared systems of value and belief. The study focusses on one specific neologism deployed by opposition politicians, firstly in an attempt to create the erroneous impression that a recession was occurring and secondly that it was the fault of the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. Patterns of occurrence were tracked against local and international events, indicating a life cycle with several distinct phases: chance emergence, a strategic deployment, cross-genre diffusion, resistance and eventual rejection.

scholarly journals The Determinants of Capital Structure: Empirical Analysis of Oil and Gas Firms during 2000-2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aws Yousef Shambor
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
Debt Tax Shield ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Oil And Gas Firms ◽  
The Capital Structure

This study investigates the capital structure determinants of 346 oil and gas firms that are the constituents of the Global Oil and Gas Index (OILGSWD) over the period of 2000 – 2015, taking into account the effect of the Global Financial Crisis of2007-2009 on the determinants of the capital structure. Thus, six firm level explanatory variables (namely: liquidity, profitability, growth, non-debt tax shield, tangibility and size) are selected and regressed against the appropriate capital structure measure, leverage, the ratio of total debt to book value of total assets. The data is collected from secondary sources depending on the data from the DataStream database. The major findings of the study indicate that tangibility, profitability, size, liquidity and non-debt tax shield are the significant determinants of capital structure of oil and gas firms, while growth is considered insignificant. The capital structure is analyzed in terms of the three main theories of capital structure: Trade-off theory, Pecking order theory, and Agency cost theory. Finally, the global financial crisis has to some extent a significant impact on the capital structure determinants of oil and gas firms and has no significant impact on liquidity, as indicated by the OLS regression analysis results.

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