The economic policy of Ukraine after the Orange Revolution

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 327-353

  Åslund, Anders ^a  

^a CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Macroeconomic stability; Oil prices; Oligarch; Orange Revolution; Populism; Price controls; Re privatization; Regional divide; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; FISCAL POLICY; POLITICAL CHANGE; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRIVATIZATION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE; WORLD;

EID: 24344436323     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.46.5.327     Document Type: Article

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