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Economic and social policy trade-offs in the Russian regions: evidence from four case studies / Remington, Thomas F; Soboleva, Irina; Sobolev, Anton; Urnov, Mark

Remington, Thomas F	Journal Article
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2013.

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Through case studies of four Russian regions, we examine the trade-offs between social and economic policy at the regional level. All four regions studied seek to stimulate entrepreneurship while preserving or expanding social welfare coverage. Regions differ in development strategies, some placing greater emphasis on indigenous business development and others seeking to attract outside investment. Variation in levels of democracy are unrelated to policy choices. All four regional governments consult actively with local business associations while organised labour is weak. The absence of effective institutions to enforce commitments undermines regional capacity to make social policy an instrument for long-term development.

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Economic Development ; Russia ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Social Welfare ; Regional Capacity ; Stimulate Entrepreneurship ;
Indigenous Business Development - IBD ; Long-Term Development ; Social Policy ; Economic Policy

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Trial by fire: a natural disaster's impact on support for the authorities in rural Russia / Lazarev, Egor; Sobolev, Anton ; Soboleva, Irina V; Sokolov, Boris

Sokolov, Boris	Article
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This article aims to explore the microfoundations of political support under a nondemocratic regime by investigating the impact of a natural disaster on attitudes toward the government. The research exploits the enormous wildfires that occurred in rural Russia during the summer of 2010 as a natural experiment. The authors test the effects of fires with a survey of almost eight hundred respondents in seventy randomly selected villages. The study finds that in the burned villages there is higher support for the government at all levels. Most counterintuitively, the rise of support for authorities cannot be fully explained by the generous governmental aid. The authors interpret the results by the demonstration effect of the government's performance.

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