This paper looks at economic growth and its fundamental determinants in Russia over the last decades. It starts by … showing that, contrary to the views of some political commentators, growth is highly important for the popularity of president … Putin. Furthermore, regular models of growth are relevant to Russia and other transition countries over the last two decades …

In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U …

correlated with the degree of openness of the industry. …