Given limited resources and economic realities, how do politicians distribute monetary transfers in order to retain office? In this article, we argue that this decision is determined by economic factors, which condition politicians distributive strategies. In our model, we consider that...

Developments in Russia after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis were associated with the emergence of a number of new institutions that support interactions between government and business. Against this background, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) founded in 2011 can be considered...