The research is dedicated to the analysis of the relation between political competition that measured as the sum total … of the electorate competition and the consolidation of the elite, as well as of the effectiveness of the fulfillment of … influence of the political competition within hybrid Russian regional political regimes is significant, it lacks some definite …

This paper explores the relationship between the degree of competition between higher education institutions (HEIs) and … higher education systems in the regions and compare the results with the extent of higher education competition within them … competition correlates with the efficiency of regional sets of HEIs more in less socio-economically developed regions …

Many antitrust investigations in Russia continue to present a challenge for the assessment of competition policy and … enforcement efforts in the context of rigid competition restrictions and the significant related harm to social welfare. On the … remedies on competition is questionable. In fact, large number of investigations may indicate the ineffectiveness of antitrust …

This paper explores the competitive bidding process in eight regions of Russia where local governments entered into … usually produce. The results reveal a substantial lack of competition in Russian social service quasi-markets. In many cases …, nonprofit organizations can be competitive in terms of competitive bidding in Russia; however, this result raises questions …

punishment. Thereby, antitrust intervention led to fake competition, but not to honest non-corrupt behavior in public auctions …

competition and consumer behaviour make it an interesting subject for analysis, but full-fledged empirical studies in this area …

system and to stimulate bank competition, it is necessary to raise the level of bank information transparency. However … competition. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap in the literature. To test the hypothesis that greater bank information …, empirical studies which examine the determinants of competition in the financial sector, the effect of competition on financial …

prudential regulation in Russia, which could, if being implemented, positively affect the loan quality of both banks that are …

Russia's financial reforms of the nineteenth century: the creation of the State Bank in 1860 and its reform in 1894. It aims …

investigated. However, the effect of voluntary transparency on bank market power and market share is still empirically unexplored …-2013. The findings confirm that voluntary transparency – absolute and relative – affects a bank's market power and market shares …. Moreover, this relation depends on the bank's asset quality …