The Demonetisation of the Russian Economy: Causes and Policy Options--John Litwach and Douglas Sutherland (OECD), March 2000

Fiscal Federalism in the Russian Federation: Problems and Reform Options*

Fiscal Federalist Relations in Russia: A Case for Subnational Autonomy, by Aleksei Lavrov, John M. Litwack, and Douglas Sutherland, November 2000

* The ideas contained in this paper are those of the authors, and do not necessarily coincide with official positions of the Russian government or the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

An Investigation of the Impact of Size of the Government on Economic Growth: Some New Evidence from OECD-NEA Countries

Abstract Achieving economic growth, as one of the essential purposes in each country, needs appropriate tracing of government as one of the important and effective sections in that economy. Nowadays, unlike the 80s, economists concentrate on objectives such as explanation of the relationship between size of the government and economic growth and delineation of optimum size of the government w...

Geopolitical Facets of Russia’s Foreign Policy with Emphasis on the Caspian Sea

The aim of this paper is investigating and studying of geopolitical dimensions of Russia in the Caspian Sea. Russian post-Soviet geopolitics invokes euroasianism as its inner rationale and meaning, as a greater good that imbues pragmatic, interest based politics with a sense of mission. Eurasianism as a particular tradition of theorizing Russia’s identity and place in the world has a momentum o...

Taylor Rule: A Model for the Mechanism of Monetary Policy and Inflation Control in the Framework of the Interest-Free Banking Act

The ultimate goal of monetary policy is to achieve price stability and high output. In this regard, central banks usually change the interest rate, liquidity, and money base in order to apply monetary policies. The John B. Taylor rule is one of the rules known in the transmission of monetary policy.[1] Based on this rule and given the output gap and inflation gap, the central bank increases or ...