Objective
This research project has three main objectives: to document and analyze the financial and commodity markets of St. Petersburg; to provide an analysis of and propose policy recommendations on two major public sector markets: education and health; to accumulate and help disseminate information on the curricula and syllabuses of western departments of economics.
Regarding the commodity markets and financial markets of St. Petersburg, the following research activities will be carried out: a retrospective analysis of industrial organization in the centrally planned economy and its crisis during the transition; an analysis of price data from the commodity exchanges in St. Petersburg; and investigation of the future markets in St. Petersburg.
Regarding reforms of the local urban public sector in St. Petersburg, fiscal federalism in Russia, the following research activities will be carried out: investigation of the boundaries between the public and private sectors; and an analysis of funding in the education and health sectors.
Regarding the curricula and syllabuses of western departments of economics, the following research activities will be carried out: to make available in the Russian language the curricula and syllabuses of major western departments of economics. The results of the research will be contained in policy recommendations to the Government of St. Petersburg on: the limits of privatization in the educational and medical sectors; and regulation of charges and performance indicators. In addition, there will be publications in scientific journals and quality monographs.
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CO4 3SQ Colchester
United Kingdom