The aim of this paper is to define and test local versions of standard correlation coefficients in statistical analysis. This research is motivated by the increasing number of applications using local versions of exploratory and explanatory spatial data analysis methods. A common example of the...

The article concerns with the subject of studying economic behavior of taxpayers with regard to tax evasion. An overview of theoretic and methodological approaches concerning decision making on the base of rational and behavior principles is given. The methodology of research assumes application...

Regions of the Russian Federation draw up purpose-oriented programs aiming at improving the health and reducing the mortality among the population. The task of decreasing the mortality among the rural population, especially overcoming the phenomenon of "excess mor-tality" among the people of the...

Using the data covering the time period from 1996 till 2011, I estimate a spatial autoregressive model of wages' growth rates across Russian cities. I find that wages in Russian cities exhibit convergence. I also test whether city population (which is a proxy for city size) has positive impact...

When we consider knowledge economy as the top level of innovative economical development and the basis for the scientific knowledge, there is a need to make a favorable environment that might provide its efficient function. Knowledge economy that follows postindustrial society includes the...