The offi cial poverty measurements in Russia are based on per capita welfare aggregate. We estimate economies on household size in consumption by different methodologies ranging from methods based on Engel curves to estimations of economies of scale using subjective questions. We demonstrate...

The paper attempts to estimate expropriation risks for shareholders in the Russian economy. On the basis of the survey of nearly 1000 manufacturing firms which was conducted in 2009 a series of special "ownership insecurity indices" is constructed and their variation by types of risks and firms...