This paper deals with assessment of the experience in industrial policy implementation in Russia, and a determination of the key lessons including an analysis of two examples of industrial policy – the nano-industry and the automotive industry. ?

The review provides a detailed analysis of main trends in Russia's economy in 2011. The paper contains 6 big sections that highlight single aspects of Russia's economic development: the socio-political context; the monetary and credit spheres; financial sphere; the real sector; social sphere;...

В обзоре содержится подробный анализ основных тенденций в российской экономике в 2010 г. В работе 6 крупных разделов, посвященных отдельным аспектам развития...

В обзоре содержится подробный анализ основных тенденций в российской экономике в 2011 г. В работе 6 крупных разделов, посвященных отдельным аспектам развития...

In this paper we explore current understandings of the influence of political rights, among historical legacies, on economic development. We construct variables for selected political regimes for 1811-2010. We find significant association between individual rights and economic growth. We argue...

Notes on the Endogenous Generation of Political Competition. An attempt at a formalized description of the formation process of constitutionally limited Government when a balance of forces is preserved among the “bandits” (strongmen) competing for power. Magna Carta treaty as institution,...

Recent approaches in unit root testing have taken into account the influences of initial condition, trend, and breaks in data using pre-testing and union of rejection testing strategies based on obtained information. This paper proposes an extension of the Harvey et al. (2012b) approach to...

This publication deals with the issue of innovative development. The author defines conditions which are able to promote or impede innovative development of firms in Russia, offers classification of institutional factors of innovative development of firms and corresponding set of measures which...

In the paper we provide short review of the main Israeli parties' positions on the key issues. The set of "key issues" is our choice and contains Judicial (legal system) reform, Judea and Samaria status, 2nd amendment right and self-defense, Taxation / spending etc. We provide formal...

This publication contains papers written by leading experts of the Gaidar Institute during 2003-2009. Several papers were previously published in compilations of articles written in the framework of various projects; other came out as separate articles and several papers were specially written...