On Wednesday, September 18 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. N. Bazenkov gave a lecture on "Do models of limited rationality explain price variance in online trading?".
On Wednesday, July 17 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. Professor Vadim Levit gave a lecture on "Critical and Maximum Independent Sets Revisited"
On Wednesday, June 19 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. G. Almukhametova gave a lecture on "Network analysis of scientific interaction on the problems of the Arctic".
On Wednesday, May 15 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. B. Mirkin gave a lecture on B. Mirkin on "Generalization in taxonomies: model, method, applications".
On Wednesday, April 17 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. V. Davydov gave a lecture on "P2P lending as a driver for the development of a new banking business".
On Wednesday, March 20 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. Dr. Ir. Corné G. Kocks gave a lecture on "Big Data in Precision Farming"
On Wednesday, February 20 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. O. Kuznetsov gave a lecture on "Discrete Asynchronous Models".
On Wednesday, December 19 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. C. Sorokin gave a lecture on "Optimal information disclosure in auctions".
Irina Levina studied evidence from Russian firms to explore whether decentralization of firms can be successful under weak institutions. She introduced the concepts of real decentralization for the delegation of decision-making authority in firms to professional people hired though open competition, and of cautious decentralization – for the delegation to people hired through connections. Irina demonstrated that really decentralized Russian firms are, on average, significantly more likely to implement investment.
Gerhard Toews analyzed the consequences of sending "enemies of the people" to the Gulag. He showed that areas around camps with a larger share of enemies among prisoners are more prosperous today, as captured by night lights per capita, firm productivity, wages, and education.