Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alexander Pakhomov Author-Name-First: Alexander Author-Name-Last: Pakhomov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Direct Investment Outflow from Russia: Essays of the Theory and Practice Abstract: From the middle of the past decade a relatively new phenomenon – a large-scale direct investment outflow (which amount is comparable to FDI inflow to Russia) – is observed in the Russian economy and those investments mainly go to M&A abroad. Special attention is paid to an analysis of theoretical aspects of FDI outflow and practical issues of entrepreneurial activity of the Russian business abroad in the post crisis period. Classification-JEL: F21, F22, F23, F36 Keywords: Direct investments, Russian economy Year: 2012 Issue: 163P Pages: 368 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/rpaper/106Pakhomov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Handle: RePEc:gai:rpaper:106 Language:ru