Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Konstantin Yanovsky Author-Name-First: Konstantin Author-Name-Last: Yanovsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Sergey Zhavoronkov Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Zhavoronkov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Elena Reva Author-Name-First: Elena Author-Name-Last: Reva Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Sergey Shulgin Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Shulgin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Dmitry Cherny Author-Name-First: Dmitry Author-Name-Last: Cherny Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: V Litarchuk Author-Name-First: V Author-Name-Last: Litarchuk Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Federal Reform Outcome: Influence of Modified Institutions on the Investment Climate in the Regions Abstract:This publication is aimed at studying the modification of institutions of regional state power in the Russian Federation and its influence on the investment climate in the regions, including regional peculiarities of the investment climate and predictability of the policy of regional authorities headed by appointed governors. Examples of political confrontation between regional and provincial authorities in Canada allow us to illustrate the influence of normal federative democracy on business environment. Length: 68535 words Creation-Date: 2007 Revision-Date: 2007 File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/0024Yanovsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2007 Classification-JEL: D72, D74, H5 Keywords: political institutions, investment climate, federalism Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:0024