Presentation of a paper
HSE International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) and NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions held their joint Research Seminar on Diversity and Developmenton on May 30, 2017.
Favouritism in the procurement system
Institute for Market and Industrial Studies held another session of the research seminar "Institutional problems of the Russian economy" on May 18, 2017.
International Partnership
Institute of Economic Research at Kyoto University (KIER) and Higher School of Economics agreed to continue their cooperation for another 4 years, till 2021. IIMS played a crucial role in the negotiation process.
New book
A new book by John Reuter, ICSID senior research fellow, titled “The Origins of Dominant Parties: Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia” was published by Cambridge University Press at the end of April, 2017.
April Conference: Overview of 18 years
HSE bulletin Okna Rosta took an interview with Professor Andrei Yakovlev, Director of the HSE Institute for Industrial and Market Studies and member of the Programme Committee of the April Conference on Economic and Social Development, about the origins of the conference and how it changed and expanded over the years.
European Public Choice Society Conference 2017
Some of the ICSID researchers took part in the annual European Public Choice Society (EPCS) Conference, which was held in Budapest at the Central European University on 19-22 April, 2017.
Research Seminar on Diversity and Development
Denis Ivanov, ICSID Research Fellow, presented his paper "Do institutions cause social trust? Evidence from an institutional reform" on April 18, 2017.
XVIII April HSE conference presentations
XVIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by Higher School of Economics took place in Moscow on April 11-14, 2017.
PhD program in Italy
IIMS Research Fellow Andrey Tkachenko has enrolled in a four-year PhD program in Economics at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).
New publications
A special issue of Economic Systems journal came out in March, 2017, and included articles written by the IIMS researchers.