ABSTRACTS
Minakir
P.A., Demyanenko A.N. Spatial Economics: The Evolution of
Approaches and
Methodology.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010.
¹3
(50) Ñ.1-7.
Evolution
of the theoretical principles and approaches to the spatial economics
are
reviewing. Revision of the category “economic region” and comparative
estimation
of theoretical approaches to spatial aspects of economy’ investigation
had been
analyzed. It is showed the limitation of theoretical and applied
instruments of
the regional economy for studying of the spatial interrelations of
economic
agents in the modern economy.
Keywords:
region, spatial economics, theory, methodology, localization,
complexes,
economic equilibrium, macroeconomics, global systems, microeconomics.
Inshakov
O.V. The Institution and Institution: Issues Categorical
Differentiation and
Integration.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.8-26.
The
article concerns the origin of gnoseological trap in matching
categories of
institutes and institutions in conceptions of Russian economic science.
The
author differentiates the notions of institute and institution by means
of
critical analysis and synthesis of their numerous definitions. He
studies the
ways of their coordination and subordination in theory and practice.
Applying
the pattern of metaproduction function the author proves “categorial
nucleus”
of institutional theory and “transactional nucleus” of social being
which
reveals interaction of institution, organization, institutes, and
agencies in
social and economic systems.
Keywords:
institutes, institutions, organizations, meta-production function,
endogenous
factors of production.
Tsurikov
V.I. Incomplete Contracting, Including Transaction Costs and the
Corruption
Element. Part 1.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.27-39.
Impact
of contractual performance costs and the corruption element of the
institutional environment, incentives for investment in creation of
value and
the overall social benefits is analyzed within the context of
incomplete
contract model. Comparison of efficiency of discrete institutional
alternatives
in terms of transaction benefits and costs advantages is undertaken.
Controversial role of corruption and its distorting impact on the
national
economy structure, i.e. creation of artificial competitive edge for
some
economic projects and financial barriers for others is demonstrated.
Keywords:
incomplete contract, transaction costs, specific investments,
limited
rationality, opportunistic behavior, stimuli, corruption.
Bazueva
E.V. Gender Economics Like a Modern Direction in Fundamental
Economic Theory.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.40-51.
The
article is devoted to objective and subjective causes which set
conditions for
necessity and further development of gender economics by means of the
fundamental economic theory. The main intensification’s directions of
this
branch of scientific knowledge in Russia have
been examined. The main methodological approaches mainly used in
researches
made by russian and foreign economists who work in the sphere of gender
economics have been systematized. The perspectives
of gender economics development as the object
of institutioanal and evolutionary analysis have been determined.
Keywords:
gender economics, interconnection of gender and economic efficiency,
gender
economic methodology.
Pominova
I.S. Registration as an Institution of Specification of Real
Estate Property
Rights.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.52-65.
Institution
of real estate property registration is a necessary condition for the
creation
of effective land market. Three possible contexts of analyzing this
institution
are examined in the article: a narrow technical context (registration
as a
public service); a technical legal one (including the mechanisms of
litigation)
and a broad institutional context where all stages of registration
process are
presented (adjudication of property rights, demarcation and
documentation).
Within the bounds of the latter the typology of existing registration
systems
is introduced, which is followed by an evaluation of Russian
registration
system based on this typology.
Keywords:
registration, real property, institutional alternatives.
Agafonov
V.A. Clusters Strategy – System Approach.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.66-77.
The
clusters strategy of economic development is showed. Clusters strategy
is the
way to create the centers of social and economic development. Each
center is
considered as a cluster system (CS), what may be created in several
territories, most based on their industrial-technological, investment,
innovative, human and infrastructural potential. ÑS integrates
territorial and
branch of industries aspects of economic development. One of the main
functions
of ÑS is the assistance in achieving the purposes of social and
economical
development of the regions and the country as a whole. The clusters
strategy
success may be achieved with the government support.
Keywords:
clusters strategy of, centers of social and economic development,
cluster
systems (ÑS), industrial-technological, investment, innovative, human
and
infrastructural potential, purposes of social and economical
development of CS
allocation regions, government support.
Filkin
M.Ye. Competition in the Retail Gasoline Market.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.67-92.
Russian
gasoline market is analyzed. The purpose of investigation is to
estimate the
possibility of deal and non-competitive behavior between Russian
vertically
integrated oil companies. Wholesale and retail markets of
Saint-Petersburg are
the objects of analysis. We use empirical data to find the most
appropriate
behavior model for the gasoline market players.
Keywords:
St. Petersburg,
retail market, gasoline, petroleum, competition, collusion, price,
model.
Goosen
E.V., Kagan E.S., Pakhomova E.O. Stages of Deformalization of
Bankruptcy
Institute: the Example of Kemerovo Region.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.93-100.
The
main purpose of the article is identification of the reasons, forms and
mechanisms of deformalizations of norms of the law, which economic
agents
actually use to resolve the conflicts of interests arising in the
procedures of
bankruptcy that results in deformalization of institute and
inefficiency of
formal mechanisms of regulation.
Keywords:
bankruptcy institute, stage of deformalization and misusing norms, Kemerovo
region.
Balyshev
A.V., Konnov V.I. Comparative Analysis of Peer Review
Regulation in the U.S.
National Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic
Research.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.101-113.
The
article describes peer review procedures used by the U.S. National
Science
Foundation (NSF) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR).
Based on
the comparative analysis of the two approaches it provides a number of
recommendations for the improvement of peer review in RFBR: provision
of
additional information to grant applicants, increased reimbursement of
the
reviewers, and institution of a professional position similar to
National
Science Foundation’s program officers.
Keywords:
knowledge economy, science foundation, science policy.
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