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Measuring Active Aging for Cross-Country Comparisons and Policy Planning

Zasimova, Liudmila; Sheluntcova, Maria; Kalinin, Alexey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

An aging population and the low involvement of elderlies in social activities makes the measurement of active aging an important research question, since it gives an insight into the potential of the elderly. Policy agendas in many countries stress the need for active aging in terms of improved...

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Healthy Lifestyles in Russia: Old Issues and New Policies

Kalinin, Alexey; Kolosnitsyna, Marina; Zasimova, Liudmila - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2011

Individuals’ lifestyles strongly affect health outcomes and thus are a subject for public regulations in all developed countries. In this paper we discuss how different policy measures change individual behaviour with respect to consuming alcohol, tobacco products, and healthy food and...

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Measuring active aging for government policy planning: a case of Russia

Zasimova, Liudmila; Sheluntcova, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

Rising life expectancy and an aging population highlight the need for appropriate government policies to transform of the role of the elderly from a dependent part of the population to an economically active one. This paper aims to measure active aging of the elderly in Russia. We review...

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Executing the Decisions of Foreign Courts and the Question of Sovereignty in Russia

Antonov, Mikhail - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia. Along with the normative conditions of recognizing and enforcing foreign decisions, the author draws attention to the educational background of legal professionals – especially...

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Modern Models Of Interaction Between Business And Government In Russia: Corporatism Or Pluralism?

Shokhin, Alexander N.; Kisel, Kirill - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This work focuses on studying and defining the modern models of interaction between business and government. The fact that Russia is in a new stage of development and a course of modernization, for better interaction between business and government there is a need for institutionalized...

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The political roots of intermediated lobbying: evidence from Russian firms and business associations

Govorun, Andrei; Marques, Israel; Pyle, William - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

groups acting as intermediaries. We propose a simple theory that relates the relative costs of lobbying and the strategies … in a region, the use of indirect channels of lobbying becomes more attractive (and vice versa). We test our theory using …

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The choice of lobbying strategy: direct contacts with officials or mediation via business associations

Govorun, Andrei - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

The influence of lobbying activity on economic growth and welfare is widely observed in the literature. Many scholars … consider lobbying as a sort of rent-seeking and blame it for non-optimal redistribution of assets, additional costs for firms …, and resource reallocation from productive activities to lobbying activities. Lobbying may result in policies and …

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