The Center for Eastern and Central European Cooperation in Institutional Development (CECID AB), Stockholm University

State University “Higher School of Economics”

Preliminary programme for Workshop Friday 6 October at the Higher School of Economics, Room 31l. Myasnitskaya, 20, Moscow, tel. 928-0421.

The purpose of the workshop is to discuss papers from the conference in June which could be published in the working paper series of the ASPE. The papers will be published in Russian and English. At the workshop the papers will not be presented by the authors (they were already presented at the conference in June). Each paper is attributed two Discussants to ensure that as much relevant comments are given as possible. Discussant 1 plays the main role and will also edit the Russian version of the paper after revisions of the author. It is suggested that the discussion is organised as follows: As short summary of the paper is given by Discussant 1 (max 5 minutes). Discussant 1 then provides comments and suggestions which could make the paper publishable (10-15 minutes). Discussant 2 is to add comments and suggestions and raise questions for a more general discussion (max 5-10 minutes). Questions from the rest of the group and general discussion (5-10 minutes). Each paper is thus devoted a maximum of 35 minutes. All participants are expected to read the papers and take active part in the discussion even if they are not “Discussants”.

9.15-9.30 Introduction to the workshop. Professor Lev Yakobson, Higher school of Economics, President of ASPE. Dr Susanne Oxenstierna, Project Leader, CECID, Stockholm University. Chair: Lev Yakobson

Paper 1. Professor Vitaly Tambovtsev, M.V.Lomonosov State University, Moscow: Institutional Markets in the Russian Transition Economy.

Discussant 1: Sergei Shishkin Discussant 2: Susanne Oxenstierna

Paper 2: Dr Tatyana Vlasova, Assistant-Director-coordinator of Research Projects, Leontief Centre: Corporations and Land Market.

Discussant 1: Carol Scott Leonard Discussant 2: Vladimir Zanadvorov

Paper 3: Dr Tatiana Kosmarskaya, CAIS, Executive Director, Institute of the Economy in Transition, Moscow: Determination of Lower Frontier of Russian Middle Class Threshold through Consumer Disbursement Analysis

Discussant 1: Sergei Shishkin. Discussant 2: Dilyara Ibragimova

11.15-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-13.15 Chair: Vitalii Tambovtsev

Paper 4: Dr Dilyara Ibragimova, Head of the Foundation "Consumer Sentiment Index", Moscow:

Welfare Analysis of the Population’s Participation in Social Programs.

Discussant 1: Lilia Ovcharova. Discussant 2: Oksana Sinyavskaya

Paper 5: Ms Oksana Sinyavskaya, Program Director of ”Social Policy before the XXI Centure”, Moscow Public Science Foundation, Moscow: Employment Activity and Welfare of Russian Pensioners in 1994-19982.

Discussant 1: Susanne Oxenstierna. Discussant 2: Tatyana Kosmarskaya / Tatyana Chetvernina

Paper 6: Yurii Simachev, , Assistant Director, Analytical Center of the Ministry of the Economy of RF, Strategic Directions for Public Sector Transformation and State Property Management in Manufacturing

Discussant 1: Lev Yakobson Discussant 2: Georgy Malginov

13.15-14.30 Lunch at the Restaurant “Samovar” (ul Myasnitskaya)

14.30-16.35 Chair: Sergei Shishkin

Paper 7: Professor Irina Rozhdestvenskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for the Economy in Transition, Moscow: Perspectives of Public and state Management in Education

Discussant 1: . Tatyana Kosmarskaya. Discussant 2: Susanne Oxenstierna

Paper 8: Dr Olga Kuznetsova, Working Center for the Economic Reform of the Government of the RF: Economic Policy of Regional Authorties.

Discusannt 1 Carol Scott Leonard Discusssant 2 Nina Oding

Paper 9: Mr Pavel Kuznestov , Deputy Director, Working Centre for Economic Reforms under the RF Government, and Mr Alexander Muravyov, Ph.D. candidate, School of Management, St.Petersburg State University, State Participation in Governing Corporations with Mixed Ownership

Discussant 1: Alexander Radygin Discussant 2: Yurii Simachev

Paper10: . Dr Vladimir Matveenko, Associate Professor, European University at St. Petersburg, and Mr Petr Saleviev, PhD candidate, European University at St. Petersburg: Labour Supply in Russia. Influence of Secondary Employment Opportunities

Discussant 1: Vladimir Zandvorov Discussant 2: Alexander Muravyov/ Nina Oding/ Tatyana Chetvernina

16.35-16.45 Coffee Break

16.45-18.30 Chair: Tatyana Kosmarskaya

Paper 11: Dr Carol Scott Leonard, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University: Public Financial Sector Reform in the Russian Federation: Contingencies and Costs.

Discussant 1: Lev Yakobson Discussant 2: Martin Paldam

Paper 12: Professor Martin Paldam, Aarhus University, The Cross-Country Pattern of Corruption. Economics, Culture and th Seesaw Dynamics.

Discussant 1: Lev Yakobsson. Discussant 2: Carol Scott Leonard

Paper 13: Mr Demid Golikov, Leontief Center, St. Petersburg: Playing Public Finance: Macroeconomic Implications of the Fiscal Games

Discussant 1: Carol Scott Leonard/Vitalii Tambovtsev Discussant 2: Martin Paldam

18.30 - Dinner at the Restaurant “Pushkin” (Tverskoy bul.)

1. Tatyana Chetvernina
2. *Demid Golokov**
3. *Dilyaro Ibragimova
4. *Tatyana Kosmarskaya
5. *Pavel Kuznetsov
6. *Olga Kuznetsova
7. *Georgy Malginov
8. *Vladimir Matveenko**
9. *Alexander Muravyov** (depends on visa)
10. *Nina Oding**
11. *Lilia Ovcharova
12. *Susanne Oxenstierna
13. *Martin Paldam (English spoken session)
14. *Alexander Radygin
15. *Irina Rozhedesvenskaya
16. *Carol Scott Leonard**
17. *Sergei Shishkin
18. *Yurii Simachev
19. *Oksana Sinyavskaya
20. *Vitalii Tambovtsev
21. *Tatyana Vlasova**
22. *Lev Yakobson
23. *Peter Saleviev**
24. *Vladimir Zanadvorov