assets, and improved access to finance. We argue that privately owned land could be both an asset and a liability, and … overall net benefits of land ownership are contingent on the quality of surrounding institutions. We present a simple model … and empirical evidence based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) in Russia, which …

The present article examines the evolution of conflict regulation in the private international law of Russia and Poland … author also scrutinizes different conflict rules contained in the Treaty between Russia and Poland on legal assistance and … legal relations in civil and criminal matters. The author concludes that modern conflict regulation in Russia and Poland is …

How do insecure property rights over land affect electoral competition and the level of violence? To answer this … question, I explore original empirical evidence from Dagestan, Russia’s most turbulent North Caucasian republic. The … the relationship between land titles of the Soviet period and post-Soviet amounts of tenured land, the research …

manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …

The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …

Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …

assess correctly the riskiness of other banks. However, the “crises of trust” (as one in 2004 in Russia) create some doubts …

The empirical literature assessing the connection between land rights, access to finance and investment activity has … whether more secure land rights are sufficient to facilitate borrowing by providing borrowers with a collateralizable asset …-collected survey data to show that private rights to land do indeed facilitate access to external financing and promote investment …