This study comprises an introductory section and three essays analysing Russia's economic transition from the early … Russia, the essay examines public infrastructure provision by Russian industrial enterprises. It is found that to a large … issues Russia has faced during its somewhat troublesome transformation from state-controlled command economy to market …

in 40 regions of Russia, this paper examines public infrastructure provision by Russian industrial enterprises. We find … early 1990s. Industrial firms' engagement in the provision of infrastructure services, such as heating, electricity and road … that, first, to a large degree engagement in infrastructure provision – as proxied by district heating production – is a …

in 40 regions of Russia, this paper examines public infrastructure provision by Russian industrial enterprises.We find … early 1990s.Industrial firms' engagement in the provision of infrastructure services, such as heating, electricity and road … that, first, to a large degree engagement in infrastructure provision - as proxied by district heating production - is a …

and policy environment. We hypothesise that more developed transportation and communication infrastructure and lower … use data from the recently liberalized and regionally diverse country of Russia to test the hypothesis. Estimating … dispersion varies positively with the regional density of highway, railroad and telephone infrastructure, but negatively with …

The relation between infrastructure and economic growth has been largely investigated in the literature, but the … empirical evidence found has proven to be controversial. This paper aims to empirically analyze the impact of infrastructure … stocks on economic growth. In spite of there being theoretical justification for taking infrastructure into account in …

critical corner of sight activity on support of SME in Russia is considered. Problems of small business are formulated and …

the paper uses this framework to analyze cost overruns in infrastructure projects in Sweden, primarily based on a …

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 …

employed indicate a positive contribution of infrastructure investment to TFP growth, output, and cost reduction. However, the … get mixed results on which types of infrastructure are most effective. Overall, investment in transportation appears to be …

The economic literature has been investigating the positive relation between public infrastructure spending and the … computable general equilibrium model of Quebec to assess the economic impacts of scaling up infrastructure on the economy. We use … help attenuate the negative macroeconomic effects associated with scaling up of infrastructure and amplify the positive …