The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that, in 2014, gross value added (GVA) in industrial production continued to be pushed up by the increasing inputs of extensive factors. The preliminary estimates of the growth rates of combined factor productivity (CFP) derived for...

The monograph deals with analysis of the factors that determine the diversity in the degree and pace of economic development of Russia's regions. In particular, basing on the data of main socio economic indicators of RF constituent regions' performance, the authors have empirically tested...

The results of decomposition of production growth rate indicate that in 2012 the increase in the gross value added (GVA) of the industry was achieved by increasing the extensive factors. According to the tentative estimates, the growth rates of total factor productivity (TFP) of industrial...

The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that in the period of 2012-the first half year of 2013 the rate of GDP growth was predominantly influenced by the inputs provided by the main production factors. Labor and capital inputs, on the average, determine 80% of the rate of...

The results of decomposition of output growth suggest that in 2015 the main factor inputs increased while the gross value added (GVA) of industrial production dropped. Capital inputs play a dominant part in the structure of main factor inputs in industry. According to preliminary estimates, the...

The results of decomposition of output growth rates for the period of 2014 – H1 2015 point to recent changes in the relative significance of different growth factors, which has been demonstrating a shift from the extensive factors towards negative inputs of the intensive factors. Over the...

The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that in the period of 2013-H1 2014 the rate of GDP growth was predominantly influenced by labor and capital input, which means that growth in the Russian economy has been achieved in the main due to the effect of extensive factors....

The ratings of economic and political institutions are well-known and widely used in the Social Science literature. These ratings are heavily relied on Experts' evaluations with subjective ordinal ranking (i.g., from -10 to 10 points). Such evaluations can be occasionally driven by ideological...