K.A.Bagrinovsky. On the Methods for Adaptive Control in
Transition Economy
The paper deals with the description of economic processes in the conditions
of uncertainty. The algorithm of control of such a process must be changed
to obtain a sufficiently high result. The paper discusses how to' use the
ability for self-organization to construct such adaptive regulators.
Michael Yu. Afanasiev. To the Analysis of Demand on the
Aggregated Product
The quantitative analysis of demand functions is of special practical
interest, as it allows to study specificity of firms and markets. The research
performed has theoretically and experimentally proved that the transition
from the mono-product to the aggregated product allows to avoid a number
of problems at the stage of collecting information necessary for demand
function construction. Thus ,econometrics model of demand function for
the aggregated product can be used for the estimation of firm profit and,
as a consequence, for practically significant recommendations in price
formation. Using food products as an example, the hypotheses have been
proved on statistically significant econometrics model construction , on
the availability of a seasonal component of demand, as well as on making
decisions to increase firm profits.
Michael Pomer. Understanding EconomicTransition
The article considers the competitive-equilibrium model and criticizes
its misuse to justify the shock therapy approach. The model identifies
three key elements of a market system: prices, markets, and profit maximization.
To provide a logical basis for a deliberate program of "re-form", each
of these elements is compared with the corresponding component of the Soviet
command economy. Also, the chapter focuses on macroeconomic conditions
and discusses institutional contexts. Finally, it gives a simple empirical
model that highlights special features of the Russian economy that require
careful attention.
V.N. Ivanov, A. V. Suvorov. The Important Tasks of the Income
State Policy
The article considers the modern situation with personal incomes in
Russia. Parameters of total personal income and the value of differentiation
in incomes are evaluated. Changes in income taxation are proposed to increase
earnings in industry and social sphere.
L.A.Anosova. Asian-European Economies: New Forms of Integration
Economic cooperation between Europe and Asia is a big field of activities
for testing its new mutually profitable forms .The paper discusses the
strategy for constructing a "bridge" between Western Europe and Russia,
between Western Europe and Asia. New possibilities of trade and economic
cooperation have been opened by China's initiative to create a continental
Euroasian "bridge" 11 thousand kilometers long ,using joint efforts of
the countries concerned. This bridge is meant to connect more than 40 countries
with 2,2 billion population. The project makes Western countries start
reconsidering their estimation of China and look at it as a world power.
M.Zavelsky. Variations on the Theme of "Love in Russia"or Who
is to Blame and What to Do.
The author argues with the Supreme Soviet of Russia former speaker
R.Khasbulatov, proving the fallacy in his evaluation of the present social-economic
conditions in Russia and its future development.
Boris A.Efimov. Àmartya Sen - Laureate 1998 Prize in EconomicSciences
in Memory of Alfred Nobel. (Àmartya Sen - 1998 Nobel Prize Laureate in
Economics)
A brief sketch of scientific activities of A.Sen is adduced.
Soltan S. Dzarasov. Michal Kalecki: Life And Scientific
Endowment
Michal Kalecki (1899-1970) is a world known scientist whose name is
closely connected with a particular development of economic thought. Following
the Ricardian-Marxian tradition, he anticipated the basic Keynesian ideas
and in collaboration with the latter worked out the economic theory and
models. His ideas were highly appreciated as a contribution to Kaleckian-Keynesian
revolution. For a "revisionist" nature of the Kalecki's views his writings
were scarcely published in the USSR, and, thus, he remains not very known
in Russia. Meanwhile, recently his ideas have become important because
of the failure of the neoclassical model in Russia.
The article devoted to the 100-th anniversary of M.Kalecki has two
parts. The first part gives an implication of the Kalecki's theory and
describes his life path. The second part which will be published in the
following issue evaluates his contribution to economics.
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