The article is devoted to the study of the crisis of modern Western democracy. It is noted that the important causes of the crisis are slowing down of economic growth and deepening inequality in developed countries. It is shown that strong inter-party competition inevitably generates a mechanism...

. A wide body of literature on economic theory is devoted to the analysis of industrial goods markets with the possibility of advertising influence on demand. However, these models do not view media as industry entities with their own strategic goals and objectives. On the other hand, the main...

The article describes “the theory of devaluation of values” developed by the author. In accordance with this theory, economic growth takes place using two inter-connected phenomena: a) reduction in time necessary for “the set of benefits (goods) currently consumed” to be produced, on the...

Coordination and distribution effects in economic exchanges with third party enforcement due to errors of I and II types are at the center of the article. Based on idea of opportunity for equilibrium Pareto-improvement in one shot prisoners’ dilemma game by third-party enforcer it has been...

Russian Abstract: Авторы на основе краткого исторического экскурса анализируют современные приоритеты российской приватизации. В докладе оцениваются размер...

Objective: to study the influence of culture parameters on modernization processes in the agrarian sector of the economy. Object: modernization processes in society, the parameters of culture, social capital, the structure of transaction costs. The work contains recommendations to the business...

The paper contributes to Russian empirical literature on determinants of higher education using data from a small regional survey of large families. The binary probit estimation results are consistent with the traditional set of hypotheses. The educational choice of a child is affected by family...

Russian Abstract: Исследуются дужные колокольчики с надписью «СЪ СЕРЕБРОМЪ». Устанавливается, что означает эта надпись: особый характер изготовления данных изделий,...

Russian Abstract: Дан обзор отрасли по изготовлению колоколов и колокольчиков различного назначения в России в ХIХ — начале ХХ в. Приведены сведения по 73 предприятиям в...

Russian Abstract: Предметом исследования является нижегородский региональный центр литья в аспекте истории народного хозяйства в ХIХ — начале ХХ в. Показано...