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Mini-course "Topics in Game Thory: Cooperative Games"

On the 5th and 6th of April, the heads of the international laboratory of game theory and decision making will read the mini-course "Topics in Game Thory: Cooperative Games". The course is mandatory for 3rd year bachelor students (program "Economics"), but the lectures are open for the attendance. You can find the schedule in the extended version of this post.

Workshop on 8th of April

We are happy to invite listeners to the lab's workshop "Game Theory, Mechanism Design and Market Equilibria". All the information you can find on the "Events" page (link on the right).

Wages of Policemen

The article by Tatiana Karabchuk (LCSR Associate Researcher) and Ruslan Almukhametov (ex-research assistant of LCSR) titled "Wages of Policemen in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Russia" was published in March issue of "Journal of Economic Sociology".

Winners of the National Award in Applied Economics 2016 Announced

The prestigious National Award has been granted to Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, and Evgeny Yakovlev, Professor and Director of the New Economic School Data Centre, for their paper ‘The Unequal Enforcement Of Liberalization: Evidence From Russia's Reform Of Business Regulation’*. The National Award in Applied Economics is given once every two years for outstanding published papers that analyse the Russian economy at the country, industry, regional, or company level.

Board of directors networks in Russian companies

On March 30 Marina Zavertiaeva presented preliminary calculation on her joint paper with Felix Iturriaga.

Deepening Collaboration Supports Study of Innovation and Transition Economics

Deepening Collaboration Supports Study of Innovation and Transition Economics
Three years ago, HSE and Germany’s Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on issues concerning innovation and transition economics. Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther of the University of Bremen, who is heavily involved in the collaborative relationship, will be presenting at the XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development at a panel on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. She recently agreed to speak with the HSE news service about the progress in collaboration between the two universities, her research interests, and some of her favourite places to visit in Moscow.

Economist Richard Murnane will talk about educational inequality in the United States

XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
April, 20, Richard Murnane, the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education will talk about growth in family income and educational inequality in the U.S. in last 40 years.

Congratulations on Valentin Konakov anniversary!

Congratulations on Valentin Konakov anniversary!

Family support in Russia as a sociocultural phenomenon

On March 24 Anna A. Mironova (Junior researcher of the Center for Family Policy and Quality of life Studies) took part in the "Culture matters" research seminar with the report on "Family support in Russia as a sociocultural phenomenon"

Foresight and STI Governance no 1, 2016

The latest issue of Foresight and STI Governance (2016, Vol. 10, No. 1) covers formulation of Russia’s technological priorities, Russia’s economic dependence on high-tech imports, national competitiveness and innovative environmental initiatives.