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Iva Mihaylova
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Mihaylova
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Iva
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iva.mihaylova@unisg.ch
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PublicationAnalytical approaches for the climate-related risk estimation of commercial banks’ credit activities: challenges, opportunities, and the way aheadBanks typically attempt to quantify climate-related risks, whether physical or transition ones, by adopting a top-down or a bottom-up analytical approach for the risk estimation of their borrowers. The two analytical approaches for risk estimation are regarded as mutually exclusive, when, in reality, they can complement each other in a mutually beneficial way. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of both analytical approaches with a focus on their applicability for commercial banks’ loans, and highlight directions for future research.Type: journal article
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PublicationRussia’s New Concept of the State Migration Policy until 2025: A Reform towards Effective Policies for International Economic Migrants?Russia’s new Concept of the State Migration Policy until 2025 (the CSMP) was approved on 13 June 2012. As the first comprehensive, nationwide document on migration policy in the modern history of Russia, it marks the beginning of a decisive reform of the country’s migration policy by departing from the existing focus on temporary foreign workers. The emphasis of the CSMP is on coordination between new, modernized, and reformed migration policies to help achieve its central goals: sustaining the country’s economic competitiveness, alleviating the negative effects of the country’s demographic decline, combating the deficiencies of the country’s domestic labor market, attracting and retaining talented foreign workers, and facilitating the country’s modernization and innovative development. This article first presents the principal elements of Russia’s migration policy in the post-Soviet period. It explains the reasons for the legacy of problems arising from this policy that have motivated migration reform in Russia. Second, it describes the scope, stages, and policy measures of the new CSMP, with emphasis on its major new aspect – the selective recruitment and facilitated settlement of international economic migrants. Third, it provides recommendations to policy-makers, based on the relevant experience of other migrant-receiving countries. These recommendations are derived from a theoretical model for the important but often overlooked notion of the effectiveness of migration policy. The article entirely relies on a comparative learning method. By answering the question of whether a decision variable may be regarded as supply-led, demand-driven, or both, the recommendations of this analysis are summarized in the following categories: (1) models for selective migration policies; (2) state programs for foreign graduates of local universities; (3) temporary-to-permanent residence programs; (4) migration diasporas and skill-selective migration programs; and (5) labor market tests. The article concludes with a discussion of two points: (1) data quality and availability, and (2) the appropriate research methods for measuring the effectiveness of migration policies for international economic migrants.Type: journal articleJournal: Geopolitics, History, and International RelationsVolume: 9Issue: 1
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PublicationCould the Recently Enacted Data Localization Requirements in Russia Backfire?In the wake of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations to the global public, and despite an unimpeded cross-border data flow and knowledge transfer being a pre-requisite for the development of the digital economy, governments around the world are increasingly tending to resort to mandatory local data storage and to restrictions and bans on data transfers in a rather drastic attempt to protect their citizens' data security and privacy. This paper discusses the legal and economic aspects of the recently enacted data localization requirements in the Russian Federation, as well as the consequences for costs, uncertainty, and the hampering of business activities that may arise if they are applied unaltered. A principal conclusion reached is that a less extreme solution that adheres to or builds upon the existing global practices and takes into account non-economic goals should be considered. The study concludes with recommendations on the basis of two questions. First, can other countries offer Russia less extreme solutions in terms of uncertainty and financial expenditure? Second, how can Russia benefit from subject-related international cooperation?Type: journal articleJournal: Journal of World TradeVolume: 50Issue: 2
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PublicationState and Kinetic Parameters Estimation of Bio-Ethanol Production with Immobilized Cells(WSEAS Press, 2013-05-14)
;Popova, Silviya ;Kostov, Georgi ;Ignatova, Maya ;Lubenova, Velislava ;Naydenova, Vessela ;Pircheva, Desislava ;Angelov, Mihail ;Gabriela, Mircea ;Santoso, WibowoNikos, BardisIn this paper, state and kinetic parameters estimation based on extended Kalman filter (EKF) is proposed. Experimental data from alcoholic fermentation process with immobilized cells is used. The measurements of glucose and ethanol concentration are used as on-line measurements for observers design and biomass concentration is used for results verification. Biomass, substrate and product concentrations inside immobilized compounds are estimated using the proposed algorithm. Monitoring of the kinetic parameters could be used for process control.Type: conference paper -
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PublicationType: book reviewJournal: Political studies reviewVolume: 14Issue: 2