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Working Papers

2024

1. How to Rebuild Ukraine: A Synthesis and Critical Review of Policy Proposals
   CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research
   See also Journal Article How to Rebuild Ukraine: A Synthesis and Critical Review of Policy Proposals, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2025) View citations (1) (2025)

2019

2. Russia’s economy and regional spillovers
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics
3. Russia’s macroeconomy—a closer look at growth, investment, and uncertainty
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics View citations (1)

2017

4. From abnormal to normal—Two tales of growth from 25 years of transition
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article From abnormal to normal: Two tales of growth from 25 years of transition, The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2016

5. Russia’s Oil Dependence and the EU
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics
6. The Nature of Swedish-Russian Capital Flows
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

2012

7. Crisis Prevention and Management - What Worked in the 2008/2009 Crisis?
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

1997

8. Real Effects of Budget Deficits? - Theory and Evidence
   SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (1)

1995

9. An Investigation of Ricardian Equivalence in a Common Trends Model
   SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
   See also Journal Article An investigation of Ricardian equivalence in a common trends model, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1997) View citations (25) (1997)
10. Budget Deficits, Stochastic Population Size and Consumption
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
11. Budget Deficits, Tax Risk and Consumption
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (1)
12. Government Debt and Private Consumption: Theory and Evidence
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (4)
13. Risky Taxes, Budget Balance Preserving Spreads and Precautionary Savings
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics

Journal Articles

2025

1. How to Rebuild Ukraine: A Synthesis and Critical Review of Policy Proposals
   Annual Review of Economics, 2025, 17, (1), 293-320 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper How to Rebuild Ukraine: A Synthesis and Critical Review of Policy Proposals, CEPR Discussion Papers (2024) (2024)

2018

2. From abnormal to normal: Two tales of growth from 25 years of transition
   The Economics of Transition, 2018, 26, (4), 769-800 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper From abnormal to normal—Two tales of growth from 25 years of transition, SITE Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
3. Introduction
   The Economics of Transition, 2018, 26, (4), 581-587
4. The future of CIS and CEE countries
   The Economics of Transition, 2018, 26, (4), 801-826 View citations (1)

2006

5. Were bid-ask spreads in the FX market excessive during the Asian crisis?
   International Review of Financial Analysis, 2006, 15, (4-5), 434-449 View citations (5)

2003

6. Bond restructuring and moral hazard: are collective action clauses costly?
   Journal of International Economics, 2003, 61, (1), 127-161 View citations (61)

2002

7. Devaluation Expectations and the Stock Market: A New Measure and an Application to Mexico 1994/95
   International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2002, 7, (3), 195-214 View citations (3)

1997

8. An investigation of Ricardian equivalence in a common trends model
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 1997, 39, (3), 405-431 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper An Investigation of Ricardian Equivalence in a Common Trends Model, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance (1995) (1995)

Books

2010

1. Whither growth in central and eastern Europe? Policy lessons for an integrated Europe
   Bruegel Blueprints, Bruegel View citations (63)

Chapters

2023

1. How Ukraine can finish the unfinished transition agenda
   Chapter 8 in Supporting Ukraine: More critical than ever, 2023, vol. 1
2. Post-war economic framework for Ukraine: Introduction
   A chapter in Post-war macroeconomic framework for Ukraine, 2023, vol. 1

2022

3. A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine: Introduction
   A chapter in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
4. Anti-corruption policies in the reconstruction of Ukraine
   Chapter 3 in Rebuilding Ukraine: Principles and policies, 2022, vol. 1
5. Basic inputs for the analysis
   Chapter 1 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
6. Concluding Remarks
   Chapter 8 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
7. Economic Landscape
   Chapter 1 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
8. External equilibrium
   Chapter 6 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
9. Fiscal Policy
   Chapter 4 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
10. Initial policy response
    Chapter 2 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
11. Institutional design for funnelling aid into Ukraine
    Chapter 4 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
12. Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine: Introduction
    A chapter in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
13. Monetary policy and the exchange rate
    Chapter 5 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
14. Potential sources of aid
    Chapter 2 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
15. Principles
    Chapter 3 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
16. Principles of reconstruction
    Chapter 3 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
17. Reconstruction stage I (months 0-6): ‘Rapid response’
    Chapter 6 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
18. Reconstruction stage II (months 3-24): Rapid revival of the infrastructure and economy
    Chapter 7 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
19. Reconstruction stage III: Foundation for long-run growth
    Chapter 8 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
20. Regulatory framework
    Chapter 7 in Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
21. Stage 0 (while hostilities last): ‘Minimising the damage’
    Chapter 5 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1
22. The cost of reconstruction
    Chapter 9 in A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, 2022, vol. 1

2018

23. Macroeconomic Challenges
    Chapter 9 in The Unwinding of the Globalist Dream EU, Russia and China, 2018, pp 153-182 View citations (1)