The paper analyzes the changes in the Russian institutional system in the framework of fundamental interdependence between institutional and economic development. It reviews a number of established international indicators of institutional development. These indicators are used to study the...

In September 2008, the IET’s Department for Economic Situation Surveys conducted a business survey among Russian industrial enterprises aimed at identifying the existing obstacles to successful economic development. Within the business survey’s framework the directors of enterprises were...

The paper analyzes the changes in the Russian institutional system in the framework of fundamental interdependence between institutional and economic development. It reviews a number of established international indicators of institutional development. These indicators are used to study the...

This paper presents an econometric model intended to explain fundamental cross-country differences in the quality of national economic institutions by using the set of economic, geographical, cultural and historical factors. Our key research hypothesis claims that bilateral trade may be working...

In December 2007, the Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET) carried out a survey of Russian industrial enterprises to identify their perceived constraints to successful economic development. Senior managers of enterprises were asked to answer 2 groups of questions and to assess: 1)...

This paper presents an econometric model intended to explain fundamental cross-country differences in the quality of national economic institutions by using the set of economic, geographical, cultural and historical factors. Our key research hypothesis claims that bilateral trade may be working...

In September 2008, the IET's Department for Economic Situation Surveys conducted a business survey among Russian industrial enterprises aimed at identifying the existing obstacles to successful economic development. Within the business survey's framework the directors of enterprises were offered...

The typical feature of the present-day situation in Russia with regard to institutional development is the existence of a significant discrepancy between two groups of indices. While the changes in the values of the majority of indices that describe the quality of this country's business...

In December 2007, the Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET) carried out a survey of Russian industrial enterprises to identify their perceived constraints to successful economic development. Senior managers of enterprises were asked to answer 2 groups of questions and to assess: 1)...