Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the …

During the 1990s, Russia underwent an extraordinary transformation from a communist dictatorship to a multi … partner. Yet a consensus in the US circa 2000 viewed Russia as a disastrous and threatening failure, and the 1990s as a decade … this perception and the facts. In contrast to the common image, by the late 1990s Russia had become a typical middle …

financial crises in the late 1990s: Brazil, Russia, and Thailand. Our findings indicate that financial turbulence in these …

This paper examines the long-run economic consequences of Western sanctions on Russia. Using a new framework for … are allowed to adjust --- 1.4 times larger for Russia and 2.2 times larger for Eastern Europe. This is contrary to the …-run consumption falls by 8.5%, Eastern European consumption by 2%, and Western countries' consumption by 0.3% in response to sanctions …

delegated management in Imperial Russia. A regulatory change in 1893 made speculating on the St. Petersburg stock market more …

This paper develops a large-scale, dynamic life-cycle model to simulate Russia's demographic and fiscal transition … under favorable and unfavorable fossil-fuel price regimes. The model includes Russia, the U.S., China, India, the EU, and … Japan+ (Japan plus Korea). The model predicts dramatic increases in tax rates in the U.S., EU, India, and Russia. Indeed …