Most countries around the globe have one or two levels of regional or intermediate
government, yet we have little systematic idea of how much authority they wield, or how this …

This study is a comprehensive review of fiscal federalism in the Russian Federation. It
presents a strong case for greater decentralization. By succinctly surveying the literature on …

The chapters of this book suggest that there are a wide variety of structures and practices
concerning public sector administration in liberal democracies, yet the current buzzword …

Most studies of intergovernmental financial flows in the Russian Federation focus on the
federal center's decision-making in determining the direction of these flows. Anecdotal …

The differentiation in the impact of resources on economic growth is often explained by the
specifics of institutional factors. The aim of this paper is to investigate how sub-national …

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 …

Using the case of Russia's regions, this paper extends the literature on public sector
efficiency in three directions: an attempt to better understand differences in public sector …

Political scientists examine Vladimir Putin's efforts to ensure political control within a regime
structure that is formally democratic. Methods for managing factional infighting …

В статье предпринята попытка обобщить и проанализи-ровать случаи
избрания/назначения главами российских регионов лиц, име-ющих к ним слабое …

Reforms during the 1990s in Russia entailed not only economic liberalization and
democratization but also transition from a highly centralized unitary state to a highly …