Economic and Social Reform in Russia

A CEPR/TACIS/RECEP/SITE Conference on Economic and Social Reform in Russia, in the form of a European-Russian dialogue, was held in Moscow on 11/12 September 1998. The dialogue encompassed a wide range of issues, including monetary and fiscal policy, industrial policy and financial-industrial groups, labour markets and social policy, and trade policy. The conference was organized by Erik Berglöf (SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, RECEP and CEPR) and the following were among the papers presented:

'Macroeconomic Effects of Arrears'
Charles Wyplosz (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, and CEPR)

'A Comparative Perspective on Russia's Budget'
Rory MacFarquar (RECEP)

'Russian Financial-Industrial Groups in a Comparative Perspective'
Enrico Perotti (Universiteit van Amsterdam and CEPR)

'Industrial Policy in Post Soviet Russia'
Irena Grosfield (DELTA-ENS, Paris)

'Pension Reform in Russia'
Vladimir Kosmarsky (RECEP)

'Labour Market Regulations and Human Resource Practises: Urgent Needs for Reforms'
Tito Boeri (IGIER, Università Bocconi, Milano, and CEPR)

'Enterprise Restructuring, Trade and Competition'
Damien Neven (Université de Lausanne and CEPR)

'Comparative Advantage of Russia'
Simon Johnson (RECEP and Sloan School of Management, MIT)

Economic and Social Reform in Russia

'Competition and Performance'
Annette Brown (RECEP, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, Western Michigan University and CEPR) and
J David Brown (RECEP, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, and CEPR)

'New Firms in Transition – A Comparative Study'
Simon Johnson (RECEP and Sloan School of Management, MIT

'Fiscal Federalism'
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (RECEP and Harvard University)

'Financial Crises'
Ksenia Yudeva (RECEP and Harvard University 

'Explaining Wage Arrears'
John Earle (SITE, Stockholm School of Economics)

'Disorganization, Financial Squeeze, and Barter'
Dalia Marin (Universität München and CEPR)