informality. Given the size of the informal sector in Russia (19-28% of total employment), any tightening of enforcement must be … preferences ; risk aversion ; Russia …

barriers and accompanying corruption burden in the case of innovative firms. We use "Business Environment and Enterprise …), and increase of corruption costs for product innovations. -- innovation ; red tape ; business climate ; corruption …

The paper documents changes in the structure of earnings and earnings inequality in Russia during the period of …

quality might make it impossible to create in Russia an effective knowledge-based economy. …

The paper examines a problem of legitimization of the privatization's outcomes in Russia and provides a critical … evolved in Russia is not an absolute obstacle for sustainable economic growth but rather an institutional "birth trauma" which …