Kazakova Mariya V.

- Candidate of Economic Sciences, Deputy head of International Department of Fiscal Sustainability, Center for Macroeconomics and Finances

 

Date of birth: October 17, 1979
Phone: +7 (495) 629-7071
Fax: (+7 495) 691-3594
Email: kazakova(@)iep.ru

Education
· 1996-2000 – State University, Higher School of Economics, BA in Economics;
· 2000-2002 – State University, Higher School of Economics, MA in Economics with a concentration in “State and Municipal Finance”;
- Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, MA (Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies, «bien») with a concentration in the economic analysis of state policy (joint masters program between the State University, Higher School of Economics, and Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University);
· 2003-2005 – Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, program of French-Russian graduate school under the dual auspices of the State University, Higher School of Economics and Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, with a concentration in the economics of the public sector.

Foreign Languages
French – fluent
English – fluent

Professional Experience
· January 2001– February 2003 – State University, Higher School of Economics, aide to the provost of the international liaison;
· September 2003– February 2007 – representative of the Department for Academic Cooperation with France at the State University, Higher School of Economics;
· March 2007 – the present – research associate at the Institute of the Economy in Transition in the Department of Budgetary Policy, specializing in macroeconomics and finance.

Professional Interests
· State and municipal finance:
- tax policy,
- budgetary policy and the budgetary process,
- the Stabilization Fund of the Russian Federation,
- the oil and gas budget,
- problems of financing the state deficient and state debt,
- the structure and stability of state debt,
- instruments of managing state debt based on international and Russian experience
· Macroeconomic analysis.

Main Research Themes
· Analysis of the structural and conjunctural components of the tax burden in the Russian economy.
· The development of a model to forecast tax bases and tax revenue according to basic taxes such as individual income tax, the unified social tax, income tax, and VAT.
· Evaluation of recent changes to the tax base on added value, including changes to margins of profit for the registration of enterprises by taxpayers.
· Forecasting the consequences of changes in excise taxation to the tobacco and alcohol markets.
· Analysis of world experience using excise taxes as an instrument to improve the quality of oil and gas production, and the use of ecological taxes and other methods of protecting the environment.
· Analysis of the tax burden during the implementation of a united agricultural tax (ESKhN).
· Means of improving the effectiveness of budgetary expenditures during periods of budgetary reform.

Projects Participated in
· Methods of analyzing the structure and conjunctural components of the tax burden in the Russian economy (АМР USA, 2008);
· Analysis and development of tax legislation and tax policy (Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, 2007);
· Development of a strategy for amending legislation to improve the taxation of agricultural production (Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, 2007);
· Forecasting the development of the Russian economy and its basic sectors until 2030, including regional issues (RAO "UES of Russia", 2007);
· The development of proposals for the adduction of provisions for the Future Generations Fund of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in accordance with the budgetary legislation of the Russian Federation and methodological recommendations for investing these funds while achieving the effectiveness necessary to fulfill regular expenditure obligations (Department of Investments, Science and Technology of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, 2007);
· Development of strategies for the socio-economic development of Kostroma Oblast until 2030 (Administration of Kostroma Oblast, 2007); · Analyzing the success of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2007, and creating proposals to increase the effectiveness of subjects of budgetary planning in achieving goals of socio-economic development (Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, 2007).

Fellowships and Grants
· Travel grant of the Research Fund of the Higher School of Economics for participation in the 62nd Congress of the International Institute of State Finance from the 28th to 31st of August 2006 in Paphos, Cyprus;
· Stipend from the Government of France for study in the French-Russian dual-diploma master’s program offered by the Faculties of Economics at the Higher School of Economics and the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (October 2001-January 2002);
· Stipend from the Government of France for study in the French-Russian dual-diploma graduate school program at the Higher School of Economics and Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (February 2003-August 2005).

Conferences
· International Conference of the Academy of the National Economy and the Institute of the Economy in Transition, "The Socio-Economic Development of Russia: New Frontiers" (October 26-27 2007, Moscow);
· 62nd Congress of the International Institute of State Finance, "Public Finance: 50 Years of the Second Best and Beyond" (28-31 August, 2006, Paphos, Cyprus).

Publications