This paper searches for roots of current spatial pattern of professional services in location of Soviet-era R&D sector. The Soviet economy sponsored massive R&D oriented mainly on military purposes. Research was carried out in large institutions affiliated with academia or industry. After the...

The article covers key elements and practical approaches to think tank's domestic policy analysis in FSU countries. Author gives a detailed definition of the policy analysis and highlights the leading role think tanks play in policy analysis

The paper focuses on the evolution of Russian financial development institutions, analyses their scope and fields of operation, discovers crucial problems. The authors analyze features of the current development institutions system, its key changes and main trends. Particular attention is paid...

В работе проводится анализ процессов формирования и становления государственных финансовых институтов развития в качестве инструментов поддержки...

In recent years the Russian innovation policy has made a significant progress that manifests in developing its ‘tool kit', increasing resource base, etc. However it has not yet succeeded in improving business innovation activities that remain local thus not giving prerequisites to transform...

Представленные результаты могут быть применены при анализе и прогнозировании развития инновационного сектора российской экономики, а также влияния на него мер...

I study the effect of institutional quality on social trust. As a source of exogenous variation, I consider the natural experiment of institutional reforms in the post-Soviet nation of Georgia following the 2003 Rose Revolution. I examine the level of social trust among Armenians and Azeris, the...