Open research questions in Economic Issues in Ukraine
83 gap statements mined from Economic Issues in Ukraine papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,566 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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The challenge is the significant weakening of the state's institutional capacity. The study identifies the need to develop mechanisms for supporting volunteer initiatives and civic activism.
Local self-organization as a political mechanism for ensuring the resilience of territorial communities in Ukraine under martial law · 2026 · DOIThe gap is the need to study the mechanisms of local self-organization in different security contexts. The research gap is the lack of understanding of the role of local self-organization in ensuring the resilience of territorial communities.
Local self-organization as a political mechanism for ensuring the resilience of territorial communities in Ukraine under martial law · 2026 · DOIThe study highlights the need for further research on the level and depth of exclusion, as well as the level of civic participation, in Ukrainian society.
Inconsistent terminology has led to conceptual ambiguities in academic and policy discussions. The sector lacks harmonized regional policy tools and sustainable inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms. The full-scale military invasion has led to significant destruction of infrastructure and a record decline in the country's economy.
Reforming Public Administration and Territorial Governance in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities and EU Alignment · 2026 · DOIThe sector lacks harmonized regional policy tools and sustainable inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms.
Reforming Public Administration and Territorial Governance in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities and EU Alignment · 2026 · DOIThe lack of consideration of gender aspects in the budget process. The need for in-depth methodological support for assessing the risks of the budget process concerning gender aspects.
Future research should address remaining gaps, particularly the need for systematic empirical data on paramilitary dynamics, deeper examination of financing mechanisms, and studies on how hybrid armed actors affect state capacity, democratic oversight and regional security in the long term.
Voluntary formation of a territorial community: Mechanisms of state administration and financing · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies the lack of systematic fundraising activities in schools as a challenge. The spontaneity of resource attraction in schools is another challenge.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING IN THE SYSTEM OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION OF UKRAINE · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies the lack of development of organizational and managerial foundations of fundraising in Ukrainian schools as a research gap. The gap in the current research is the lack of systematic fundraising activities in schools.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING IN THE SYSTEM OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION OF UKRAINE · 2026 · DOIThe need for comprehensive solutions to address the challenges of war and European integration. The gap in the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation in the field of competition and state aid to the EU acquis.
The gap in the literature is the lack of systematization of the forms and consequences of economic instability. The gap in the literature is the lack of determination of the impact of economic instability on fiscal policy.
Economic instability as an environment for the formation and implementation of Ukraine’s fiscal policy · 2026 · DOIThe lack of effective taxation policies and business relocation programs in wartime conditions. The need for a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal challenges and tax mechanisms aimed at supporting the corporate sector during the full-scale war.
Fiscal adaptation and business relocation: Ukraine’s corporate sector during the first year of full-scale war · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a need for further research on the importance of innovative tools in adapting the economy to conditions of uncertainty and wartime.
Problems and prospects for the development of the financial services market based on innovative mechanisms: European experience and Ukraine · 2026 · DOIThe lack of effective implementation of EU cohesion policy in Ukraine. The need for a territory-oriented approach.
Challenges of implementing EU cohesion policy within the national regional policy of Ukraine · 2026 · DOIThe research highlights the need to examine the role of international organizations in shaping VET systems.
The limited use of trust determination conceptions in empirical studies. The lack of suitable methods for testing hypotheses in sociological research on the determinants of trust.
Conceptual features of sociological research on the determinants of trust in political institutions in Ukraine · 2026 · DOIThe regulatory and legal framework does not regulate public-private-philanthropic partnerships. There is a lack of research on public-private-philanthropic partnerships in the field of rehabilitation.
Public-Private-Philanthropic Partnerships as a Promising Investment Tool in the Field of Rehabilitation · 2026 · DOIThe need for a revision of local governance tools due to wartime fiscal centralization and unequal resource capacity of communities. The lack of a comprehensive toolkit for organizational and managerial mechanisms.
Organizational and managerial mechanisms of local self-government bodies in ensuring sustainable regional development · 2026 · DOIThe study must develop a system of criteria for assessing market predictability that captures the influence of stable economic turnover on market participants' behavior. The paper must substantiate market predictability as a distinct phenomenon and functional result of stable economic turnover.
The lack of a comprehensive approach to assess industrial park establishment effectiveness. The need for a methodical approach to effective creation and development of industrial parks in Ukraine.
Industrial parks in Ukraine: assessment of the efficiency of creation and mechanisms of economic development of territorial communities · 2026 · DOIIt is substantiated that post-war recovery should not be limited to the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure but must also encompass the restoration of human capital, revitalization of economic activity, strengthening of institutional capacity, development of innovation ecosystems, and implementation of sustainable regional governance.
ROADMAP FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC REGIONS OF UKRAINE IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD · 2026 · DOIThe regulation of pension and social security benefits for Ukraine's customs officials has become urgent amid public service reform and European integration. The customs service requires social guarantees distinct from those of general state pension schemes.
Institutional and legal challenges of pension and social security systems for customs officers: a comparative study of Ukraine and the EU member states · 2026 · DOIThe study does not provide a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of industrial parks on territorial communities. The approach is based on a limited set of components and may not capture all aspects of industrial park effectiveness.
Industrial parks in Ukraine: assessment of the efficiency of creation and mechanisms of economic development of territorial communities · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the existing literature on the effectiveness of economic mechanisms in preventing financial crimes in the tax system. The study reveals certain contradictions with other researchers in terms of the impact of the size of the shadow economy on tax evasion.
Economic Mechanisms for Preventing Tax Evasion and Financial Crimes: Cross-Country Evidence · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the existing literature, which often equates market predictability with legal certainty, legislative stability, or economic turnover stability. The paper argues that these categories characterize different, albeit interrelated, levels of the economic and legal systems' functioning.
Most-cited papers in Economic Issues in Ukraine
- Informal Exchange Networks in Formal Systems: A Theoretical Model · American Anthropologist · 1988 · 183 citations
- POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INFORMALIZATION · European Societies · 2009 · 167 citations
- Rapid Growth of the World Population and Its Socioeconomic Results · The Scientific World JOURNAL · 2022 · 161 citations
- Do local officials know something we don’t? Decentralization of targeted transfers in Albania · Journal of Public Economics · 2002 · 144 citations
- Neoliberalism and the geographies of marketization · Progress in Human Geography · 2015 · 124 citations
- The Underpinnings of ‘Bureaucratic’ Control Systems: HRM in European Multinationals · Journal of Management Studies · 2000 · 119 citations
- Everyday tactics and spaces of power: the role of informal economies in post-Soviet Ukraine · Social & Cultural Geography · 2008 · 99 citations
- The behaviour of state firms in eastern Europe, pre-privatisation · European Economic Review · 1994 · 96 citations
- Is Sicily the future of Russia? Private protection and the rise of the Russian Mafia · European Journal of Sociology · 1994 · 88 citations
- Resource misallocation and manufacturing productivity: The case of Ukraine · Journal of Comparative Economics · 2015 · 79 citations
Most recent work
- Firm performance under military occupation: The case of Ukrainian firms · Economic Modelling · 2026
- The Potential for Tax Reforms in Post‐War Ukraine · Scottish Journal of Political Economy · 2026
- QUANTIFYING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION CAPACITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES · Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Economics · 2026
- Beyond the rent-seeking: resilience and civic transformation of Ukrainian business · East European Politics · 2026
- Organizational and managerial mechanisms of local self-government bodies in ensuring sustainable regional development · Actual problems of innovative economy and law · 2026
- Local self-organization as a political mechanism for ensuring the resilience of territorial communities in Ukraine under martial law · Politicus · 2026
- LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE IN THE 19TH CENTURY: INTELLECTUAL PRACTICES OF MUNICIPAL ELITES IN THE PROCESSES OF MODERNIZATION AND THE FORMATION OF THE URBAN PUBLIC SPHERE · South Archive (Historical Sciences) · 2026
- Exclusion and civic participation in wartime: dimensions, risks, and association · Sociology Theory Methods Marketing · 2026
- Forming the Network of Ukrainian Emigrant Organizations in Bulgaria (First Half of the 1920s) · Bulgarian Historical Review · 2026
- Reforming Public Administration and Territorial Governance in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities and EU Alignment · Public Policy And Administration · 2026
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