V - КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ РЭШ

“ПРЕОБРАЗОВАНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО СЕКТОРА В ЭКОНОМИКАХ ПЕРЕХОДНОГО ПЕРИОДА”

9-10 Апреля 1999г.
117418 Москва, Нахимовский проспект 47

10:00, room 521

Opening ceremony Chairmen: Gur Ofer, Valery Makarov

10:30 - 12:00

Two parallel sessions

Session 1 (room 521)

Session 2 (room 1720)

Efficiency of Natural Resources Use and Development of the Russian Economy  Chairman: Alexandr Vasin Oleg Eismont: Introductory notes Igor Muraviev: “Dutch Disease” with Money Balances as a Production Factor Alexei Moiseev: The “Dutch Disease” and Taxation. Optimal Tax Response in Centralized and Decentralized Economies. Case of Russia Pavel Anaschenko: Natural Resources Taxation and Regional Economic Development in Russia (Example of Novgorod Oblast)

Non-monetary Transactions in Russian Economy  Chairman: Victor Polterovich Sergei Guriev and Barry Ickes: Introductory notes Dmitry Kvasov: Barter as a means of price discrimination Anton Suvorov: Long-term relationships and barter Konstantin Rybakov: Barter in Russian Firms

12:30 - 14:00, room 521

Session 3

Institutional Change and Traps in Transition Economies

 Chairman: Derek Laing

Victor Polterovich and Leonid Polishchuk: Introductory notes

Andrey Bremzen: Barter Traps Under Stochastic Prices

Alexei Chistyi: Transition Economy: Radical Reforms versus Gradual Approach

Boris Kovtunenko: War of Attrition with Anticipated Changes of Future Terms

15:00 - 16:30, room 521

Session 4

Financial Crisis in Russia

 Chairman: Jan Magnus

Arkady Dvorkovich: Introductory notes

Ilya Strebulaev: Modeling of Russian Currency Crisis

Ilya Grobman: Analysis of the Relationships’ Dynamics Among Various Segments of the Russian Financial Market in the Pre-Crisis Period

Alexandr Andryakov: Crisis in the Russian Securities Market in Terms of Strategies of the Major Players

Julia Litvinova: A Self-fulfilling Model of the Russian Debt Crisis

17:00 - 18:30, room 521

Keynote Address

 Chairman: Gur Ofer

Alexandr Shokhin, president of Higher School of Economics, member of State Duma

19:00, room 520

Reception

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Saturday, 10 April

10:00 - 11:30, room 521

Two parallel sessions

Session 5 (room 521)

Session 6 (room 1720)

Tax Enforcement and Corruption in Fiscal Administration  Chairman: Mark Levin Alexandr Vasin: Introductory notes Daniil Kleiman: Optimal Tax Enforcement Strategy Under Corruptible Tax Inspectors Nadezhda Yakovleva: Tax Inspection Organization Under Imperfect Taxpayers and Inspectors

Fiscal Federalism: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Finance of Subnational Governments in the Russian Federation  Chairman: Leonid Polishchuk John Mikesell, Mitch Mokhtary: Introductory notes Irina Grafova: Revenue Assignment Model of Russian Fiscal Federalism Rodion Skovoroda: Generalization of Engel Curve in Analysis of Household Surveys With Incomplete Data Irina Slin'ko: Labor Supply, Wage Arrears, and Tax Evasion in Russia

12:00 - 13:30, room 521

Distinguished Lecture

 Chairman: Gur Ofer

Valery Makarov, director of CEMI, rector NES, academician RAS: Dual-Track Economy in Russia

13:30 - 14:00

Group meeting

15:00 - 16:30, room 521

Session 7

Financial Industrial Groups in Russian Economy

 Chairman: Barry Ickes

David Brown and Sergei Guriev: Introductory notes

Sergei Davydenko: Cost of Capital in Financial-Industrial Groups

Tatiana Tchesnokova: Vertical Integration in Russian Economy

Konstantin Kozlov Financial Industrial Groups and Export Competitiveness

16:30 - 17:00, room 521

 Barry Ickes: Final Remarks

Closing ceremony