Iakov T. Kuga
- Junior Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics
- Senior Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / Department of Economics
- Iakov T. Kuga has been at HSE University since 2000.
Education
- 2000
Degree
Saint Petersburg State University - 2000
Degree
St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
- CERGE-EI Teaching Development Program, HSE SPb, 2018, 2019
- Workshop on soft skills for teaching and research (by William Thompson), HSE SPb, 2018.
- Internationl Trade and Inequality (by F. Trionfetty), HSE, 2014
- International Trade (by P. Neary), HSE, 2013)
- Summer School "Imperfect Markets, New Economic Geography and Spatial Economics" (HSE, CES Laboratory, 2012)
- Labor Economics (NES & HSE, 2012)
- Contemporary methods in Econometrics (NES & HSE, 2012)
- International Trade (NES & HSE, 2012)
- Advanced Econometrics (NES & HSE, 2011)
- Emprical Industrial Organization: Demand Estimation (NES & HSE, 2011)
- Winter School "Economic growth: Mathematical Dimensions", Moscow State University (2011).
- NES and HSE short-term courses on game theory (2009) and econometrics(2009, 2010)
- Regional Seminar for Excellence of Teaching "Money and Economic growth: Theory and Empirics". NES, 2004-2006.
- Summer school in London School of Economics (Advanced microeconomics), 2004
- HSE Crash-courses (microeconomics, industrial organization, institutional economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, international economics and econometrics), 2002-2004.
- Summer school in Ghent University (marketing), 2001
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
V. Poletaev «Determinants of a Demand for Differentiated Goods. The Estimation of the Influence of Product Characteristics on Choosing a Chocolate Bar». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2017
O. Stan «Cost of Credit in the Interbank Lending Market». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2017
A. Dzhanibekova «Assessment of the Effect of the Location of Vehicles on the Volume of International Trade in Cars». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2017
K. Kirakosyan «Geomarketing Approach in Making Decisions on Corporate Location». Faculty of Economics , 2014
- Master
A. Dzhanibekova «Evaluation of the Effect of the Location of the Steering Wheel on the Volume of International Trade of Vehicles». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
S. Gafurova «Determining Individual Credit Limits for Mobile Telecommunication Subscribers». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
O. Botvina «The Prediction of Subscribers' Churn in the Mobile Telecommunication Company». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2019
Courses (2019/2020)
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Eng
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Microeconomics I (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2018/2019)
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introductory Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Application of Mathematical Methods in Economic Analysis" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- World Economy and Introductory International Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Introductory Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar in Applied Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- World Economy and International Trade (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- World Economy and Introductory International Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2016/2017)
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Economics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- History of Economic Doctrines (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Introductory Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- World Economy and International Trade (Minor; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1, 2 module)Rus
- World Economy and Introductory International Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2015/2016)
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- New Keynesian Macroeconomics and DSGE models (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "How to Conduct Research in Economics?" (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar in Applied Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar in Applied Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Conference and workshop presentations
Borrowing from standing facilities: A model and evidence from Russia.Presentations:
META 2019 (https://nnov.hse.ru/meta/2019/)
AMEC 2019 (https://amec.hse.ru)
9th Annual CInSt Banking Workshop "Banking in Emerging Markets: Challenges and Opportunities" (https://cinst.hse.ru/en/banking), video (https://cinst.hse.ru/en/Banking2019Video, Part 4)
On usage of French census data. Presentation at 1st Digital Humanities Meet up. 26-27 February 2019. (https://hum.hse.ru/digital/dh_meetup).
Interactions between standing facilities and REPO auctions in the Russian monetary policy. Presentation at XIX April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 10-13, 2018 (In Russian).
The Franco-German border and the spatial distribution of the rural population in the East of France after the Franco-Prussian war. Presentation at XVIII April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 11-14, 2017. (extended abstract: Файл
The Franco-German border and the spatial distribution of the rural population in the East of France after the Franco-Prussian war. Presentation at III Russian Economic Congress, December 19-23, 2016 (In Russian).
Russian Money Market: A Blackboard Model. Presentation at XVI April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 7-10, 2015 (Extended abstract).
Covered interest parity: Evidence from Russian money market. Interim report presentation at 36th EERC Workshop, Kiev, June 28-30 2014.
Revolutionary activity and Russian 5% 1906 Loan Yield. Presentation at XIV April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 1-4, 2013 (In Russian).
National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation. Presentation at Tenth Swedish Economic History Meeting, Lund, October, 4-5, 2013.
National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation. Presentation at XIV April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 2-5, 2013 (In Russian).
National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation. Presentation at II Russian Economic Congress, February 18-22, 2013 (In Russian).
Boundaries and Urban Growth: Effects of Alsace and Lorraine Separation. Presentation at XIV ASPE Conference. St. Petersburg State University, November 9-10, 2012 (In Russian).
Interest Rate Trends in Post-Soviet Economies: 2005-2011. Presentation (as a regional expert on Russia) at Partners for Financial Stability workshop, Baku February, 28, 2012.
Economics of Brazil. Presentation at Young Economist Club. St. Petersburg State University of Economics, September, 27, 2010 (In Russian).
On efficiency of regional programs of turism development. Presentation at V conference "Turism and recreation". Moscow State University, April 28-29, 2010 (with Karina V. Kuznecova, in Russian).
On reliability of sacrifice ratio estimates by Ball-type methods. Presentation at EBES 2009 Conference, Istanbul, June 1-3, 2009.
Publications5
- Preprint Kuga I. T., Мухина Е. А. Covered interest parity: evidence from Russian money market / EERC. Series "Labor markets and social policy". 2016. No. 16/01E.
- Preprint Kuga I. T. National Borders and Urban Growth: Evidence from the Annexation of Alsace and Lorraine", Series: Economics / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series EC "Economics". 2016. No. 133.
- Chapter Куга Я. Т. Расстояние от границы как фактор роста городов: оценка последствий отторжения Эльзаса и Лотарингии методом разности в разностях // В кн.: Теоретические и прикладные исследования экономики и экономической политики: сборник научных трудов / Отв. ред.: А. В. Бутуханов. СПб. : Издательство Политехнического университета, 2013. Гл. 13. С. 150-161.
- Chapter Куга Я. Т. Ошибки измерения издержек дезинфляции методом Болла // В кн.: Инновационная экономика: реалии и перспективы: научная конференция, Санкт-Петербург, 27 сентября 2011 года / Отв. ред.: А. В. Бутуханов. СПб. : Отдел оперативной полиграфии НИУ ВШЭ – Санкт-Петербург, 2012. С. 175-182.
- Book Куга Я. Т., Кузнецова К. В. Сборник заданий к курсу "Введение в экономику. Микроэкономика". М. : МАКС Пресс, 2012.
Grants, Research Projects
Covered interest parity: evidence from Russian money market, 2013-15, EERC grant 13-5771 (with Elena A Kuzmina) (in process)
Interest Rate Trends in Post-Soviet Economies: 2005-2011, 2011-12 (participation in project of QUABUS Research and Consulting Co financed according to Partners for Financial Stability program as a regional expert).
Overcoming dollarization of the Russian economy - role of institutions and macroeconomic policy, 2001, MPSF grant #005/2-01 (with Demid V. Golikov (project leader) and Anna V. Posessor).
Working experience
2000 - Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Department of Economics, teacher, senior teacher
April 2007 - October 2007 BDO Unicon Consulting, consultant
2005 - 2006 Infomark LLC, marketing analyst
2002 - 2004 BDO Unicon North-West, analyst of Macroeconomic research department
