Research Seminar on Diversity and Development
HSE International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) and NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions held another session of their joint Research Seminar on Diversity and Development on April 17, 2018. The event was held jointly with the seminar “Political Economy” and Economic Development and Growth Research Group.
XIX April HSE conference presentations
XIX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by Higher School of Economics took place in Moscow on April 10-13, 2018.
Decentralization and competitiveness
Institute for Market and Industrial Studies held another session of the research seminar "Institutional problems of the Russian economy" on March 22, 2018.
Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
HSE International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) and NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions held another session of their joint Research Seminar on Diversity and Development.
Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship
ICSID Research Fellow Denis Ivanov took part in the Second conference “Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship” which was held in the Westphalian Wilhelm University Muenster (Germany) on March 15-17, 2018.
A new article on public-private partnerships in VET
A paper by ICSID leading research fellow Thomas Remington entitled «Public-Private Partnerships in TVET: Adapting the Dual System in the United States» was accepted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Q2).
Joint seminar on Diversity and Development
Another session of the joint seminar on Diversity and Development was held at HSE on March 13. Professor Andrei Markevich from the New Economic School presented his research on "Democratic Support for the Bolshevik Revolution: An Empirical Investigation of 1917 Constituent Assembly Elections".
Board Empowerment: What Motivates Board Members of Founder-Owned Companies?
An article by IIMS research fellows Alexander Libman, Tatiana Dolgopyatova and Andrei Yakovlev “Board Empowerment: What Motivates Board Members of Founder-Owned Companies?” was published online in the leading management journal “Journal of Management Inquiry” on March 13, 2018.
Seminar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Andrei Yakovlev was invited to give a talk at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (Harvard University) on March 9, 2018. The paper that Professor Yakovlev presented was called “In Response to External Shocks: How Advanced Russian Regions React to Changes in Federal Policies – the Experience of Tatarstan”. The seminar was chaired by Thomas Remington, the Davis Center Associate and Visiting Professor at Harvard University.
“The Life & Legacy of Douglass North” Conference
IIMS Director Andrei Yakovlev presented his paper "Mobilizing Law in Developing Countries: Some Implications from Russian ‘Limited Access Order’" at “The Life & Legacy of Douglass North” Conference that took place at George Mason University in Arlington, the USA, on March 2-3.