-institutional foundation which made China's unorthodox transition strategy politically feasible and economically effective. The paper concludes … transition process. …

, Russia, India, China, and Nigeria—BRIC plus one. As these case studies show, intergovernmental fiscal relations in any … focused on securing a bigger share of these revenues. Both China and Russia have made important changes in the direction of … nor Russia is it clear that the central authorities are willing to permit subnational governments much autonomy in this …

In this paper we review the fiscal evolution of China and Russia, asking how the process of creating a separate, tax … in Russia and that budget decentralization was consistently greater. We see both pros and cons in China … successful than Russia in managing macroeconomic policies. Finally, we argue that Russia's status as a petro-state makes …

This paper focuses on the question whether public infrastructure capital matters for labor productivity in China, both … over time and across regions. It finds that public infrastructure is a significant determinant of variations in labor … a short-run impact and the interregional effect as a long-term consequence of public infrastructure investment …

This paper aims to identify the role of digitalization and infrastructure in two fast-growing Asian economies, namely … NARDL technique. The results show that internet and mobile density (a proxy for telecommunication infrastructure …, per capita electricity power consumption (a proxy for electricity infrastructure), research and development expenditure …

capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spread; and market reforms, with a major … infrastructure capital on regional inequality. We conclude that investing in human capital will be an effective policy to reduce …