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Financial Crisis Data: How are firms in Eastern and Central Europe operating in the aftermath of the global financial crisis? Earlier this year, some 1,892 firms in Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Turkey were asked about their sales, hiring decisions, R&D spending, and expectations about the future. 
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