Department of Theoretical Economics

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109028, Moscow,
Pokrovsky Boulevard 11, Rooms: S1029, S1030
Phone: +7 (495) 772-95-90*27172, 27174, 27601, 28270

Department Administration

Department Head – Alexander Tarasov

PhD, Penn State University

Deputy Head – Svetlana Seregina

Manager – Zulikhan Ibragimbeili

Senior Administrator – Elizaveta Volodina

Senior Administrator – Natalia Baibouzenko

Administrator – Marina Yudina

About the Department

The Department of Theoretical Economics brings together highly qualified specialists in various fields of economics, including micro and macroeconomics, monetary and financial theory, economic history and the history of economic thought. Our mission is to teach economic disciplines at HSE on the level of leading Western universities.

Publications

Book

Russian and Western Economic Thought: Mutual Influences and Transfer of Ideas

Springer, 2022.

Article

Bounds on the derivatives of the log-cumulative distribution function of the multivariate normal distribution

Potanin B., Dolgikh S.

Statistics and Probability Letters. 2027.

Book chapter

Unholy Alliance. Socialism and the Market in Soviet Economic Discourse

Ananyin O. I., Melnik D.

In bk.: Reforming Communism, Refusing Capitalism. The Rise and Fall of the Concept of "Socialist Market". L.: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026. P. 323-360.

Working paper

Cyclical Fluctuations, Financial Frictions, and Productivity Differences across Firms

Mishin A., Guerrieri L., Kim J.

Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS). 2026-042. the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2026

All publications

‘There Is No Need to Fear the Atom; It Only Works for the Good of Mankind’

On April 26, on the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, an interactive exhibition was held in the atrium of the Pokrovka complex. Students learned about the history of nuclear power in Russia and how nuclear power works today. In addition, visitors were able to measure the radiation level of their smartphones (spoiler alert: non-life-threatening) and even try their hand at building a nuclear power plant.

On Campus open lectures students exhibition

April 27, 2021

Tag "exhibition" – News

‘There Is No Need to Fear the Atom; It Only Works for the Good of Mankind’