Online Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook No.17 (December) 2015
Publication date
Thursday, 10.12.2015
Authors
Composite author
Series
Online monitoring
Main themes of the issue: GDP growth rate in 2015–2016: what its decomposition speaks of; The banking sector: economies of scale afoot; ”Import preservation” in lieu of import substitution; Russia’s import ban on Ukrainian foods: magnitude and implications; Regional social expenditures: a country of contrasts.
Contents
Main trends and conclusions 3
1. GDP growth rate in 2015–2016: what its decomposition speaks of (S.Drobyshevsky, M.Kazakova) 6
2. The banking sector: economies of scale afoot (M.Khromov) 11
3. "Import preservation"’ in lieu of import substitution (S.Tsukhlo) 15
4. Russia’s import ban on Ukrainian foods: magnitude and implications (N.Shagaida) 20
5. Regional social expenditures: a country of contrasts (N.Zubarevich) 23
Authors 28
Monitoring has been written by experts of Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (Gaidar Institute), Russian Presidental Academy of Natonal Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.
Editorial board: Sergey Drobyshevsky, Pavel Kadochnikov, Vladimir Mau and Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev.
Editor: Vladimir Gurevich.
Full version
http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/mreoen/17-2015-dec-en.pdf