In September 2008, the IET's Department for Economic Situation Surveys conducted a business survey among Russian industrial enterprises aimed at identifying the existing obstacles to successful economic development. Within the business survey's framework the directors of enterprises were offered...

The objective of this paper is to review the structure of the Russian exports and its dynamics over the last decade (the period of 1999-2006 is under review here) in the light of recent theoretical and empirical research findings on the importance of export structures to ensure sustainability of...

The paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of fiscal decentralization within Russian regions in 1994-2001. The conventional view that more decentralized governments are found in regions and countries with higher income, higher ethnolinguistic fractionalization, and higher...

April 1999 - Considering the positive impact decentralization has had on regional economic performance and expenditure structure, Russia's federal government should: ° Decisively protect local self-governance and budget autonomy. ° Make intergovernmental fiscal relations more transparent. °...

Целью работы является разработка и калибровка пространственной гравитационной модели, описывающей внешнюю торговлю регионов Российской Федерации через...

Russian Abstract: Несмотря на почти двукратное падение цен на нефть, торговое сальдо в I кв. сократилось не так сильно, как это случилось, например, в начале 2009 г. Масштабы...

The characteristic feature of mid-2017 is a slowdown in the production growth pattern that emerged earlier this year, and its downward slide towards stagnation. The majority of manufacturing industries continue to display a zero or negative dynamic, the only exception being those that are linked...