This paper uses the OECD’s indicators of product market regulation (PMR) to assess the extent to which the regulatory environment in Russia supports competition and to draw attention to the areas where further reform efforts would pay dividends. The indicators show that, despite improvements...

Russian Abstract: Переход земли в такую форму собственности, в которой она служила бы к выгоде того, кто непосредственно трудится на ней, был одним из лозунгов революции....

English Abstract: There are many ways to measure land rent. During Perestroika there were historical conditions that allowed to measure land rent as it was wanted by Henry Georg, the author of the project of socialization of land rent as an alternative to taxation. (Among these conditions there...

This brief paper presents a comparative discussion of the economic growth and reform process in Russia during the 2000s. It also discusses the remaining reform priorities for Russia.