ARETT Dispute Club meeting
On the 15th of January 2015 the Dispute Club of the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks (ARETT) held a meeting entitled «Nodes of the Economic Policy». The topic of the discussion was «A New Wave of Deregulation: Real Reforms or Imitation of Changes».
Victory of the employee of IIMS in the category «Best master’s/alumni’s paper 2014 in social science»
Research assistant of the International Center for Study Institutions and Development Anton Kazun won in the category «Best master’s/alumni’s paper 2014 in social science». The title of the paper: «Raider seizure in a Russian regions: indicators and factors”.
Scientific report on the International Conference
Director of the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies Andrei Yakovlev and research assistant of the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development Anton Kazun took part in the 10th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics that was held at the University of Verona on December 18 -20, 2014.
Workshop on Institutional Analisis in Manila
Scientific fellow of the International Center of Study Institutions and Development Denis Ivanov has taken part with a report “Human Capital and Culture: How Did It Matter for Development?” in workshop in Philippines on 7-13 December.
In the Institute for Industrial and Market studies had finished a course of lections by "Methods of causal analysis"
As a part of scientific seminars «Institutional problems of Russian economics» by inviting of the International Center for Study Institutions and Development had completed a course of lectures Postdoctoral Fellow of the Department of Politics of the Princeton University James Lo, by the topic of «Methods of causal analysis».
Joint Scientific Workshop
In a joint research event of International Center for Study of Institutions and development and scientific workshop «Political Economy» NES-HSE held a lecture of Postdoctoral Fellow of the Department of Politics of the Princeton University James Lo on the topic of «Ideological Clarity in Multi-Party Competition: A New Measure and Test Using Election Manifestos»
Why Russian Firms Need Business Lobbies
Professor William Pyle from Middlebury Collage gave a seminar about research into Russia's business lobby. In 2014, together with Finnish economist Laura Solanko, he received the National Award for Applied Economics, which was established by organizations including the HSE.
The faculty of Higher School of Economics is on its way toward becoming world class
Jordan Gans-Morse, Assistant Professor of Department of Political Science (Northwestern University, USA) spoke about his scientific work and life in Russia.
Imbalance between Responsibility and Control Slows the Economy Down
Contemporary Russia’s political system is becoming more and more similar to the Chinese one, while the Chinese economy is demonstrating stable growth and the Russian one is stagnating. Andrey Yakovlev , Professor at the HSE Department of Theory and Practice of Public Administration, believes that the Chinese were able to effectively use the methods of governance they adopted from the USSR. His paper ‘Incentives in the System of Public Administration and the Economic Growth’ was presented at the conference ‘Challenges for Economic Policy in the New Environment’
Scientific report in Chinese University of Hong Kong
Director of IIMS A. Yakovlev made a scientific report in the Institute of Economics and FinanceChinese University of Hong Kong.