Libman and Obydenkova reveal how legacies of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(CPSU) have survived in the politics, economic development, culture, and society of post …

The book offers a comparative analysis of center-region relations in Russia and in China.
The authors focus in particular on fiscal ties and incentives, bureaucratic and local …

A substantial portion of Elinor Ostrom's work critically examines the interplay between
decentralization and efficient governance of commons. Ostrom's suggestion is to shift from …

A broad literature suggests that political regimes matter for the growth effect of natural
resources. However, while several studies have concentrated on the difference between …

Does electoral support affect the quality of public goods provision? In this study, we explore
the variety of governance patterns on the level of Russian municipalities from 2012 to 2018 …

In this paper, we examine the causal effect of political competition on public provision of
healthcare. Specifically, we investigate whether the effect of political competition on more …

How does centralisation affect public goods provision in Russian municipalities? Drawing
on the evidence from 68 interviews with municipal elites in four Russian regions, we …

In economics, the local knowledge advantage is arguably one of the key arguments in favor
of decentralizing the public sector. However, empirical investigations of this particular effect …

This paper investigates the effect of political regimes on healthcare outcomes with a novel
approach. Instead of focusing on cross-country comparisons, like most studies do, we utilize …

This paper explores whether redistributive politics can explain differences in agricultural
subsidies in Russia, a country whose autocratic regime represents a fertile ground for …