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On 16 November, Irina Starodubrovskaya, Head of the Center for Political Economy and Regional Development took part in a round table: The Values of Dagestan’s Muslims at which the outputs of the research into the values of the Dagestan’s community were presented.

Issue No.18(36), 2016 of the analytical review – The Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

On 11 November, Irina Tolmacheva, Head of the Legal Department took part in a round table: The Market of University Endowments in Russia: Trends and Prospects sponsored by the Russian Research Institute of Economics, Politics and Law in R&D.

On 11 November, the Gaidar Readings: Development of Regions and the Economic Policy in Present-Day Conditions were held in Barnaul.

The Logus magazine published by  Gaidar Institute’s Publishing House was included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, ESCI.

Issue No.17(35), 2016 of the analytical review – The Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

On 24 October, Natalia Kornienko, Head of the Tax System Development Department gave an interview in the Ugol Zrenia program on the Sol radio station in which the consequences of introduction of the social parasitism tax in Russia were discussed.

On 24 October, in his interview to the Kommersant-FM Mikhail Khromov, Director of the Structural Research Center told about the consequences the banking sector may face due to further appreciation of the ruble.

On 20 October, Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department took part in the meeting on Economic Policy Centers of the Dispute Club of the Association of Russian Economic Think-Tanks (ARETT). The meeting was dedicated to the topic: The State of the Real Sector: When Does Growth Begin?

Issue No.16(34), 2016 of the analytical review – The Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. Trends and Challenges of the Social and Economic Development – was published. The goal of the above review is to follow current trends and changes in the Russian economy.

NBER released a paper by Head of the International Fiscal Sustainability Department Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Head of the Center for Economic Modeling Andrey Polbin, and Senior Researcher of the RANEPA Andrey Zubarev, titled Will the Paris Accord Accelerate Climate Change?. The paper addresses the mechanisms for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and the resulting negative environmental effects.

On October 17, Kommersant-Ogoniok published an interview with Head of the Economics of the Military-Industrial Sector Department Vasily Zatsepin, where he speaks of Russia’s increasing defense budget.

On October 14, Forbes.ru published an article by researcher Evgeny Goryunov Agency Relationship and Incomplete Contracts. Now to Make Profitable Deals, where he explains why the authors of contract theory were awarded the Nobel Prize.

The Analytical Center Observo under the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry released its Yearbook Russia 2016, which incorporates an article by Head of the Business Surveys Department of the IEP Sergey Tsukhlo Import Substitution: Myths and Reality.

On 12 October, Natalia Kornienko, Head of the Tax System Development Department took part in the meeting of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

On 10 October, in  an interview to the RSN radio station Euvgeny Goryunov discussed the contribution by Nobel prizewinners Oliver Hart, Professor of Economics of the Harvard University and Bengt Holmstyom, Professor of Economics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to development of the contract theory.