This paper studies the distribution of politically motivated intergovernmental transfers in Russia focusing on the case … findings are in line with the argument that the regional governments in Russia play an important role in the distribution of …

Three hypotheses about the nature of federal tax arrears in Russia in the second half of the 1990s are tested …

regulatory capture using micro-level data on the preferential treatment of firms through regional laws and regulations in Russia …

enterprises. It then introduces unique data from a survey of 359 large industrial firms across several dozen of Russia’s largest …

Russia in the 1990s, to the one at the beginning of the 21st century. Russian history provides extensive evidence that …

Contrary to the focus on the events of the last two years (2014-2015) associated with the accession of Crimea to Russia …) and the increased role of Russia in ‘global governance' were declared by leaders of the country much earlier – with the …, which encouraged the Russian ruling elite to adopt the view that Russia (with its huge energy resources) is a new economic …