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....

This paper examines the evolution of overall wage inequality in Russia from the early 1990s to the present. We first document the stylized facts and show that inequality in labor earnings increased dramatically early in the transition period and then, albeit more moderately, after the 1998...

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.

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...

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Russian Abstract: Данная статья знакомит российского читателя с гипотезой рационального невнимания, активно изучаемой в западных исследованиях по экономической...