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policy advice and mistaken policy choices. Though Russia's performance leaves much to be desired, such criticisms are based … particular the views presented by Jospeh Stiglitz, shows that the Chinese reform path was not available to Russia, that mass … and necessity in policy making more generally. The final section of the paper characterises Russia as a case of weak state …
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This paper deals with Russia's economic policy, its successes and problems, issues of economic growth are analyzed …
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The paper investigates the influence of outside options on the predatory behavior of autocrats. An outside option is referred to as the opportunity of an incumbent ruler to continue his career outside his current territory of control. The paper uses data on the effectiveness of tax collection...
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goods experiments that I ran with regional bureaucrats in Tomsk and Novosibirsk, Russia. I introduce three treatments, which …
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The accuracy of a tax return is usually interpreted as an outcome of the tax evasion decision by an individual. However, in non-democratic regimes with predatory blackmail tax systems it is possible that large sums voluntarily reported by influential politicians or businessmen may be used as...
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This paper considers two issues. First, it evaluates the changes in Russia's investment climate in 2012-2014 after the …, Easy Doing Business, our empirical data shows that there was practically no improvement in the investment climate in Russia … after Crimea's accession to Russia, our survey experiment demonstrated that referring to the President Putin as the …
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This chapter introduces the author's selected papers on the economics of coercion and conflict. It defines coercion and conflict and relates them. In conflict, adversaries make costly investments in the means of coercion. The application of coercion does not remove choice but limits it to...
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from the sample had the top officials of Russia as directors, and 43% of corporations were found to be politically …
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The world is searching for a new socioeconomic development paradigm, which is sometimes referred to as the “new reality.” Judging by the previous structural crises (in the 1930s and 1970s), this search takes about a decade characterized by volatile economic trends, political crises, and...
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