Central Economics and Mathematics Institute

About: Central Economics and Mathematics Institute is a facility organization based out in Moscow, Russia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Foreign-exchange reserves. The organization has 297 authors who have published 580 publications receiving 6449 citations. The organization is also known as: Federal State Institution of Science Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Evaluating the performance of Russia in the research in nanotechnology

Abstract: The article analyzes the development of nano research in Russia during the years 1990–2010. To identify the contribution of Russia in nanoscience and to compare it with the contribution of other countries, we used the international multidisciplinary database Science Citation Index Expanded. Scientific performance is measured based on the growth rate of nano publications by countries and in the world, authorship patterns, indexes of international collaboration, etc. The indicators used are the national publication output, the total citations and the average citation per nano publication, the number and subject profile of highly cited nano publications; contribution and impact of Russian institutions. The article describes the current state and trends of nano research in Russia, their key players and the existing “centers of excellence.” It also discusses some inconsistencies of Russia’s science policy in the field of nanotechnology in light of the performed bibliometric study.

Life Cycle of the Centrally Planned Economy: Why Soviet Growth Rates Peaked in the 1950s

Abstract: In the second half of the twentieth century the Soviet Union experienced the most dramatic shift in economic growth patterns. High post-war growth rates of the 1950s gave way to the slowdown of growth in the 1960s–80s and later — to the unprecedented depression of the 1990s associated with the transition from a centrally planned economy (CPE) to a market one. Productivity growth rates (output per worker, Western data) fell from an exceptionally high 6 per cent a year in the 1950s to 3 per cent in the 1960s, 2 per cent in the 1970s and 1 per cent in the 1980s. In 1989 transformational recession started and continued for almost a decade: output was constantly falling until 1999 with the exception of one single year — 1997, when GDP increased by a barely noticeable 0.8 per cent. If viewed as an inevitable and logical result of the Soviet growth model, this transformational recession substantially worsens the general record of Soviet economic growth.

Agent-based modelling of interactions between air pollutants and greenery using a case study of Yerevan, Armenia

Abstract: Urban greenery such as trees can effectively reduce air pollution in a natural and eco-friendly way. However, how to spatially locate and arrange greenery in an optimal way remains as a challenging task. We developed an agent-based model of air pollution dynamics to support the optimal allocation and configuration of tree clusters in a city. The Pareto optimal solutions for greenery in the city were computed using the suggested heuristic optimisation algorithm, considering the complex absorptive-diffusive interactions between agent-trees (tree clusters) and air pollutants produced by agent-enterprises (factories) and agent-vehicles (car clusters) located in the city. We applied and tested the model with empirical data in Yerevan, Armenia, and successfully found the optimal strategy under the budget constraint: planting various types of trees around kindergartens and emission sources.

Eichnerian megacorp and investment behaviour of Russian corporations

Abstract: Despite the prolonged economic recovery in 1999–2008, investment by Russian corporations in productive capacity was low and deficient in quality. Eichner’s model of megacorp gives an insight into investment behaviour of Russian corporations due to its emphasis on indivisibility of investment decision, pricing and distribution of income between profits and wages. The typical Russian corporation is characterised by inseparability of ownership and management due to largely informal control of big insiders over enterprises. The groups, dominating over Russian corporations, seek to maximise the short-term rent. Along with a number of intra-firm conflicts this undermines both the supply of and the demand for investment funds.