The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy. Book II

Authorized translation from English by Elena Elovskaya (Chapters 22–23), Yuri Kapturevsky (Chapters 2–3, 7–8, 14–16, 21, 25, 29, 32), Oleg Levchenko (Chapters 1, 9, 26–27), Alexander Matveenko (Chapters 20, 30–31), Alexei Rezvov (Chapters 5–6, 10–11, 33), Alexei Rogozhkin (Chapters 4, 17, 19, 28), Anna Sholomitskaya (Chapters 13, 18, 24). – Moscow: Gaidar Institute Press, 2015. – 616 p.

ISBN 978-5-93255-409-8

The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy is a comprehensive collection of the best Western and Russian researchers covering a wide range of topics related to the Russian economy.

Part I of the book examines the legacy of the Soviet command economy and offers an analysis of economic and institutional development over the past two decades. Part II discusses formal and informal institutions and the quality of governance. The next two parts cover the most important sectors of the economy: natural resources and the environment (Part III), finance and banking, the military-industrial complex, R&D, railways, agriculture and foreign trade (Part IV). Part V examines the economic challenges posed by Russia's enormous regional, geographic, ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity. The final part reviews social issues, including health care, education, income inequality and demography. 

The editors of the collection, Michael Alexeev and Shlomo Weber, have succeeded for the first time in offering in one book such a complete and comprehensive overview of the complex and changing Russian economy.

The book is intended for students and postgraduates studying the Russian economy, Russian politicians, scientists and teachers, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in the Russian economy.