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Russia's Virtual Economy

Russia's Virtual Economy

Russia, BRICs, Global Economics, Europe, Development

Barry W. Ickes and Clifford G. Gaddy, Brookings Institution Press 2002 c. 100pp.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Illusion versus Reality

Chapter 3: Roots of the Virtual Economy

Chapter 4: "Igor" in the Virtual Economy

Chapter 5: Evolution of the Virtual Economy

Chapter 6: A Simple Accounting Exercise

Chapter 7: Running Out of Value

Chapter 8: The Virtual State

Chapter 9: Mr. Putin's Dilemma

Chapter 10: What Is to Be Done?

Appendix A: An Example of Barter to Evade Taxes

Appendix B: Selected Data and Findings from the Karpov Commission Report

Appendix C: Further Comments on Value Destruction

Appendix D: The Director's Decision Problem

Appendix E: An Evolutionary Model

Appendix F: Regions in r-d Space

References

Index

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