scholarly journals Catching Up And Falling Behind: Four Puzzles After Two Decades Of Post-Communist Transformation

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenonas Norkus
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Washington Consensus ◽  
Communist Country ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Early Implementation ◽  
Gdp Gap ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Do So

After more than two decades since the exit from Communism, no former communist country has been completely successful in catching up with the technological frontier countries. However, they divide into two groups: those which decreased the GDP gap with frontier countries since 1989-1990, and those which failed to do so. One may ask: What were the decisive causal conditions for their progress or failure in convergence? Were they the early implementation of Washington consensus style market reforms; their neighbourhood with advanced affluent countries; peaceful transition; accession to the EU; endowment with natural resources; state sovereignty before postcommunism; or interactions between these factors (or others)? Because of the small N, statistical analysis is not an appropriate tool for testing these hypotheses. Hence this paper uses qualitative comparative analysis to identify four explanatory puzzles of the catching-up growth performance of the postcommunist countries.

scholarly journals What determines national convergence of EU law? Measuring the implementation of consumer sales law

Legal Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-734
Author(s):  
Catalina Goanta ◽  
Mathias Siems
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
European Consumer ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Country Characteristics ◽  
The Eu

AbstractHarmonisation and legal convergence are core tasks of the EU. This paper explores the question about the determinants for national convergence of EU law, specifically applied to the ever-growing body of European consumer sales law. The measurement of national convergence is based on a unique coding of five directives in seven Member States. Using the fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method, the paper finds that differences in national convergence can partly be explained by favourable features of the corresponding directives; however, mainly, they are the result of a combination of domestic political factors and, to a lesser extent, the country characteristics. This has important policy implications, for instance, on the need to ‘bring in politics’ in the debate about convergence, harmonisation and consumer sales law.

scholarly journals FACTORS OF CENTRIFUGAL POLITICAL TENDENCIES IN SPAIN: A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Ju. А. Belous ◽  
◽  
A. S. Tarasov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
Regional Language ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this article is to analyze the centrifugal tendencies in 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain by demonstrating that certain differences in the configurations of factors have led to varying degrees of the loss of autonomy. The main conclusion is that for the configurations leading to less autonomy, there is a low level of economic development, a low volume of EU funding, and an absence of local languages as a factor of identity. The cases of Andalusia, Asturias, and Galicia are of particular importance in these configurations. For the configurations that lead to greater autonomy, two patterns are identified. The first group (Catalonia and the Basque Country) demonstrates a link between centrifugal tendencies and three conditions: the existence of regionalist parties in the parliaments of Autonomous Communities (AC), a high level of economic development and a high level of identification with a regional language. The second group of cases (Valencia and the Canary Islands) demonstrates the added importance of funding under the EU regional policy programs for the period from 2014 to 2020. The scientific novelty of the article lies in its analysis of the dynamics of centrifugal tendencies in Spain via crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA).

A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Patterns in the Acceleration and the Catching Up Performance of the Former Soviet Union Republics

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-65
Author(s):  
Zenonas Norkus
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
The Status ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Per Capita

Mikhail Gorbachev’s reform promised to accelerate the growth of the Soviet economy, leading it out of the trap of stagnation. Boris Yeltsin’s circle of reformers also believed that shedding the status of empire would encourage Russia’s process of “catching up.” Nationalists from Soviet republics believed that the independence of their homelands would prompt similar economic effects. Did these hopes and promises materialize? Two measures are used to assess the economic effects of the dissolution of theussr. (1) Acceleration performance: did thegdpper capita of the former Soviet (fSU) republics grow more rapidly during post-communist independence than in the late Soviet “stagnation era”? (2) Catching up performance: did fSU republics decrease thegdpper capita gap, separating them from theu.s.(fulfilling the promise to catch up and overtakeu.s.which legitimated Communist rule in theussrsince 1961)? After dividing the fSU republics into two subsets (“success” and “failure” cases), multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (qca) is applied to explore the explanatory power of differences in the models of post-communist capitalism, involvement in wars, and natural resource endowments.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 171-190
Author(s):  
Alasdair R. Young
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Veto Players ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Case Comparison ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Supply Side Factors ◽  
The Eu

This chapter draws together the findings from the qualitative comparative analysis and the case studies (cross-case comparison) to debunk the demand-side account of compliance and qualify the impact of the number of veto players. It makes the case that the EU’s response to adverse WTO rulings is best explained by supply-side factors and that policy makers are motivated primarily by the rationalist considerations of reciprocity and reputation. The chapter considers how generalizable these conclusions are beyond the EU. It also reflects on the implications of the analysis for the effectiveness of the WTO and the character of the EU as an international actor. It concludes by reflecting on the utility of the concept of compliance.

scholarly journals Applied Mathematical Problems in Engineering

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Llopis-Albert ◽  
Daniel Palacios-Marques
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Eu Water Framework Directive ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Eu

There is a close relationship between engineering and mathematics, which has led to the development of new techniques in recent years. Likewise the developments in technology and computers have led to new ways of teaching mathematics for engineering students and the use of modern techniques and methods.  This research aims to provide insight on how to deal with mathematical problems for engineering students. This is performed by means of a fuzzy set/Qualitative Comparative Analysis applied to conflict resolution of Public Participation Projects in support to the EU Water Framework Directive.

Do many roads lead to Rome? Multiple causation in monetary transfers and how to approach it

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (Junio) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Garcés Velástegui
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Monetary Transfers ◽  
Multiple Causation ◽  
Relevant Factors ◽  
Do So

Monetary transfers are an increasingly widespread policy to smooth consumption and alleviate poverty. Assessments, however, suggest a mixed record. Moreover, despite their often conclusive tone, such exercises leave many relevant factors unaccounted for. This is arguably due to the assumptions regarding causality made by the methods used. Consequently, those assumptions are challenged and it is argued that monetary transfers assume multiple causality. To do so, it is emphasized that monetary transfers establish minimum goals for beneficiaries to meet and that the latter are inherently heterogeneous. This heterogeneity is displayed by individual characteristics as well as by the features of the contexts in which they live. Hence, there is diversity regarding the pathways to the achievement of policy outcomes and an adequate approach to study it is required. Qualitative Comparative Analysis, a method particularly suited for the study of multiple conjunctural causation, is argued for.

scholarly journals Do Labour Rights Matter for Export? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Pineapple Trade to the EU

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-105
Author(s):  
Annelien Gansemans ◽  
Deborah Martens ◽  
Marijke D’Haese ◽  
Jan Orbie
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Labour Standards ◽  
The Eu

Labour norms are increasingly considered in trade relations, but is the protection of labour standards a necessary condition for export to the EU? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis, based on countries that export pineapples to the EU, shows that labour standards protection matters in combination with distance, zero tariffs and institutional quality in a number of cases. However, for none of the cases was it a sufficient condition on its own for determining exports to the European market. Rather, we show that (1) having a zero tariff is necessary for a relatively large share of export to the EU, and (2) labour standards protection can make a difference when the institutional quality is weak in some African cases, in contrast to Latin American exporters.

scholarly journals CSDP and the development of the ‘Global EU’: The progress of EU autonomy in the shadow of Brexit

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scarlett McArdle
Keyword(s):  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Cautious Approach ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Do So

Security and Defence is a complex area within the EU. In spite of a long-standing history, its development and role within the EU has long remained distinct from other areas; the particular attachment of this area to state sovereignty has necessitated a cautious approach. This paper explores the recent developments in Security and Defence since the Brexit vote in 2016, arguing that, rather than the prospect of a UK withdrawal causing a weakening in the EU in this field, instead, it has seen a reinvigoration. It is argued that this is reflective of a broader development of the EU in terms of its autonomy as an external actor, which has shaped developments and continues to do so. While this is beneficial in some ways, the paper concludes by exploring some of the potential problems that may arise from the EU’s particular approach to autonomy as the Brexit process continues.

Russian Policy of Agriculture Support and the Necessity of Its Modification after WTO Accession

2012 ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Uzun
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
World Trade ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Wto Accession ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Agriculture Support

The article deals with the features of the Russian policy of agriculture support in comparison with the EU and the US policies. Comparative analysis is held considering the scales and levels of collective agriculture support, sources of supporting means, levels and mechanisms of support of agricultural production manufacturers, its consumers, agrarian infrastructure establishments, manufacturers and consumers of each of the principal types of agriculture production. The author makes an attempt to estimate the consequences of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization based on a hypothesis that this will result in unification of the manufacturers and consumers’ protection levels in Russia with the countries that have long been WTO members.

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