This paper studies the evolution of the distribution of firms in the ferrous metals industry by efficiency levels. The proposed model takes into account interaction of processes of creation and adoption of technologies and depreciation of assets. It is shown that the model approximates real data...

We describe the negotiated-price mechanism, introduced in the USSR in 1985, to increase flexibility of retail prices. We discuss a possibility to improve interactions between manufacturing and retailing through negotiated prices, and demonstrate a methodology to estimate them, using consumer...

We describe the negotiated-price mechanism, introduced in the USSR in 1985, to increase flexibility of retail prices. We discuss a possibility to improve interactions between manufacturing and retailing through negotiated prices, and demonstrate a methodology to estimate them, using consumer...

The article analyzes the results of representative polls carried out by the Public Opinion Foundation in the framework of the 3rd stage of the study The Economy of Education. It estimates the expenses of families on educating their children at different ages, and of adults depending on where...

Introduction to Bray M. Private Supplementary Tutoring: Comparative Perspectives on Patterns and Implications.

This paper studies the evolution of the distribution of firms in the ferrous metals industry by efficiency levels. The proposed model takes into account interaction of processes of creation and adoption of technologies and depreciation of assets. It is shown that the model approximates real data...

From a tobacco control law and policy perspective, Japan has been doing it all wrong. Or so it might seem. At the very least, tobacco control activists in Japan have had few successes obtaining the standard run of law and policy measures -- mandatory smoke-free workplace laws, substantial tax...

Russian Abstract: Данная работа посвящена проблеме стимулирования инновационных процессов. Целью настоящего исследования являются разработка и исследование модели,...

Russian Abstract: Экономика окружающей среды невозможна без мониторинга изменений качества окружающей среды. Мониторинг, как каждый вид принципал-агентских отношений,...

Russian Abstract: Данная работа представляет собой обзор и анализ ряда концепций и моделей для исследования коррупционных структур и возможных механизмов их...