Department of Applied Economics

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Events

Apr 25 – Apr 26

7th Conference "Applied Econometrics"

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Publications

Book

Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective
In press

Yudkevich Maria, Altbach P. G., Salmi J.

Cambridge: MIT Press, 2023.

Article

The accessibility of higher education for urban and rural students in post-socialist Russia
In press

Prakhov I., Gadzaonov A.

Higher Education. 2025. P. 1-25.

Book chapter

Science or industry: Improving the quality of the Russian higher education system

Panova A., Slepyh V.

In bk.: Vocation, Technology & Education. Vol. 1. Iss. 4. Shenzhen Polytechnic University, 2024.

Working paper

Living Standards in the USSR during the Interwar Period

Voskoboynikov I.

Economics/EC. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2023. No. 264.

All publications

109028, Moscow
Pokrovsky blvd. 11,
Room S-527
Phone: (495) 772-95-99 ext.27502, 27503, 27498

Administration

Department Head – Svetlana B. Avdasheva

Deputy Department Head – Liudmila S. Zasimova

Manager – Maxim Shevelev

Faculty of Economic Sciences

Department of Applied Economics

Delivered by:: Department of Applied Economics

Type:: Elective course

When:: 2 year, 3 module

Instructor

Dabrowski, Marek

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Abstract

The course for Master students of Applied Economics and World Economics addressing key economic and political challenges related to transition from the centrally planned economy to market system, history of market reforms in Central and Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, the contemporary role of emerging-market economies in the global economy.

Learning Objectives

To offer Master students basic knowledge on economic problems and challenges faced by the group of transition and emerging-market economies.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Participation in lectures and seminars, active participation in discussion, reading recommended literature

Course Contents

History of centrally planned economies, their evolution, reform attempts and demise
Agenda of transition, macroeconomic stabilization and privatization
Political economy and strategy of transition, interrelation between economic and political reforms
The role of external actors in transition process, results of transition
Economic reforms in China, India and other Asian countries
Economic reforms in Middle East and Africa
Economic reforms in Latin America, summary of emerging market reforms, emerging-market crises
Global financial crisis of 2007-2009 and its spillover to emerging-market economies
Changes in the global economic geography and governance, consequences of financial globalization, the role of IMF and World Bank
The role of emerging-market economies in global trade, the role of WTO and regional trade agreements

Assessment Elements

class attendance
20%
final written exam

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (3 module)
0.3 * class attendance + 0.7 * final written exam

Macroeconomic Policy in Transition and Emerging Economies

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Course Syllabus

Abstract

Learning Objectives

Expected Learning Outcomes

Course Contents

Assessment Elements

Interim Assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Recommended Additional Bibliography