Russia's retail landscape, 1860s-1890s -- Palaces of retailing and consumption -- For God, tsar, and consumerism -- Visions of modernity: gender and the retail marketplace, 1905-1914 -- Consuming the city: the culture of the retail marketplace -- War and revolution in the marketplace, 1914-1921...

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia's 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expenditures and reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998-2004. Utilizing...

We construct key household and individual economic variables using a panel micro data set from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality decreased during the 2000-2005 economic recovery....

Der Erdgasanteil im Energiemix der EU-Mitgliedsländer hat sich im Verlauf der Jahre bis zu einem Viertel erhöht. Allein 23,8% entfielen beim Primärenergieverbrauch 2005 in Deutschland auf Erdgas. Ein Drittel der deutschen Erdgasimporte kommen aus der Russischen Föderation, die über die...