The article analyzes qualitative and quantitative interdependences among consumption, gross regional product and indices of production. On the example of Southern Federal District theoretical substantiation and empirical approbation of alternative methodology are provided. The methodology in...

In our paper, we use the gravity model of the international trade to estimate the effect of the future WTO ascension for Russia based on the current WTO effect for Russia's WTO trade partners. Starting from Rose's specification, we constructed several progressively exact models. Nevertheless,...

Statistical evidences that some transmission channels of «resource curse» operate in Russian economy at regional level are received. Incomes from export of power resources and gratuitous federal transfers play a role in increase of officialdom, in distortion of regional elite behavior, and...

Russian Abstract: В препринте на основе стохастического анализа SFA предложены оценки технической эффективности 78 регионов России в 2011-2016 годы, учитывающие...

In this paper, we investigate the impact of informality on earnings inequality in Russia using the RLMS - HSE data for 2000-2010. We apply decompositions based on the recentered influence functions of unconditional quantiles proposed by Fipro, Fortin and Lemieux (Fipro et al., 2009). Our results...

We consider the concept of a wage curve describing a negative relationship between unemployment and wages. We suggest an explanation of the wage curve using a number of theoretical labor market models, and present an empirical result of its determination for Russia obtained from analysis of...

The article summarizes the key results of researches in the field of early warning systems for financial crises, conducted by the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASF) since 2005. The proposed early warning system consists of three major blocks: the leading...

The paper compares VAT administration quality in OECD and Russia. Econometric analysis reveals positive influence of the level of institutional development on effectiveness of tax collection. However this effect is presented only if there are no additional tax privileges, which besides direct...

This paper investigates the influence of import tariffs, external debt and speed of foreign reserves accumulation on economic growth. It follows from existing literature that these policies can have different influence on growth, depending on the relative stage of economic development. The...

The most significant changes which were related with ending of last century, Globalization, New Economy and Knowledge Economy, established condition for formation and development of Creative Economy, based on human creativity. The conditions for developing of Creative Economy are not in every...