Into the Red explores the emergence of a credit card market in post-Soviet Russia during the formative period from 1988 … consumer. These processes are placed in the context of the ongoing restructuring in postcommunist Russia and the expansion of …

: Russia in the Global Economy -- Chapter 13: Trade (by Arne Melchior) -- Chapter 14: Foreign investment (by Kalman Kalotay … history, the economic geography of Russia, natural resources, population, major sectors and industries, living standards and … social policy, institutions, governance, economic policy, and Russia's role in the global economy. The book will provide a …

contributions to rather extensive literature on the regional convergence in Russia. First, it identifies spatial regimes using the … that the overall speed of regional convergence in Russia, being low by international standards, becomes even lower after … using aggregate data may result in misleading conclusions regarding the nature of convergence process among Russia's regions …