This paper looks at economic growth and its fundamental determinants in Russia over the last decades. It starts by … Putin. Furthermore, regular models of growth are relevant to Russia and other transition countries over the last two decades … also key for Russia’s strategy to modernize and diversify its economy away from oil, gas and minerals extraction. However …

, is scarce. This paper analyzes the determinants of investment in ICT at the firm level and how investments in ICT … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that … for product or process innovations in the service sector. The absence of investment in ICT conspires against non …

in terms of Chinese foreign direct investment in, or portfolio flows to, Russia. Meanwhile, Europe remains Russia …China's economic ties with Russia are deepening, particularly in terms of trade and cross-border lending, but less so … become more of a competitor to the European Union on Russia's market. Increasing competition between European and Chinese …

an experiment based on two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. An … is beneÞcial for investments. -- R&D investment ; intensity of competition ; experiment …

or positive effects on R&D-investment, respectively. Both possibilities arise in plausible situations, even if one uses … on investment more likely. Extending the basic framework, the paper shows that separation of ownership and control …, endogenous entry and cumulative investments make positive effects of competition on investment more likely. Imperfect upstream …

carry out experiments based on two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. As …&D investment ; intensity of competition ; experiment …