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24.12.2016
The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and the Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC) organized a presentation of a publication "The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms".
04.10.2016
Open Seminar ”Cost-Benifit Analysis”
BEROC and IPM Research Center with the support of German Economic Team (GET) in Belarus and National Agency of Investment and Privatization organized open seminar "Cost-Benifit Analysis" which took place in Minsk.
08.09.2016
Seminar on Private Sector Development in Belarus was held in Minsk
On September 7, 2016, BEROC organized a seminar on Private Sector Development in Belarus.
The paper by Aliaksandr Amialchuk, Kateryna Bornukova and Mir M. Ali published in Eastern Economic Journal
The paper by Aliaksandr Amialchuk, Kateryna Bornukova and Mir M. Ali "Will a Decline in Smoking Increase Body Weights? Evidence from Belarus" published in Eastern Economic Journal.
Aleksandr Vashchilko| 22.06.2016
FREE Policy Brief: Effects of Trade Wars on Belarus
The trade wars following the 2014 events in Ukraine affected not only the directly involved participants, but also countries like Belarus that were affected through international trade linkages. According to my estimations based on a model outlined in Ossa (2014), these trade wars led to an increase in the trade flow through Belarus and thereby an increase of its tariff revenue. At the same time, because of a ban on imports in the sectors of meat and dairy products, the tariff revenue of Russia declined. As a member of the Eurasian Customs Union (EACU), Belarus can only claim a fixed portion of its total tariff revenue. Since the decline in the tariff revenue of Russia led to a decline in the total tariff revenue of the EACU, there was a decrease in the after-redistribution tariff revenue of Belarus. As a result, Belarusian welfare decreased. To avoid further welfare declines, Belarus should argue for a modification of the redistribution schedule. Alternatively, Belarus could increase its welfare during trade wars by shifting from being a part of the EACU to only being a part of the CIS Free Trade Area (FTA). If Belarus was only part of the CIS FTA, the optimal tariffs during trade wars should be higher than the optimal tariffs without trade wars. The optimal response to the increased trade flow through Belarus is higher tariffs.