The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was held from September 28 to October 1, 2026 under the theme ‘Responsibility for the Future: Limits of the Possible, or Limitless Possibilities?’ The forum brought together 120 experts from 40 countries, including representatives of China, the United States, India, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt, Iran, and Japan.
The HSE International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis studies a wide range of methods for analysing decision-making and possible scenarios for the development of natural, socio-economic, and political phenomena using various mathematical models. The application of advanced mathematical methods to forecasting helps to prevent negative outcomes and avoid erroneous decisions. The HSE News Service spoke to the centre’s director, Prof. Fuad Aleskerov, about its work.
The International N5 Symposium ‘Neural Networks and Nonlinearity in Nizhny Novgorod’ was held at the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists from September 23 to 26. The event was organised by HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists, with the participation of Sberbank and the Institute of Physics Belgrade. The symposium was held for the second time: the first conference took place in 2025 and attracted considerable interest from the academic community.
Prakhov I., Savitskaya E. V., Экономика образования 2008 № 2 С. 138–148
В статье дается описание свойств и составляющих образовательного кредита, анализируется роль государства как гаранта студенческих займов в условиях асимметричной информации. Показаны различные формы кредитования, виды и элементы студенческих кредитов. Представлен опыт образовательного кредитования в западных странах, а также в государствах СНГ.
Во второй части статьи строится модель стимулирующего контракта при образовательнм кредитовании. На основе теории агентских ...
Morfov S. G., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2011. No. 5.
This paper formally analyzes the optimal implementation of compensation schemes where the wage cannot decrease in time. Such arrangements are commonly applied to tenured academics and civil servants. We use a finite-horizon model of moral hazard to analyze the disincentive effects and the cost involved. Myopia is shown to hurt the principal two-fold. If the ...
Morfov S. G., / NRU HSE. Series WP9 "Серия WP9 «Исследования по экономике и финансам»". 2013. No. 5.
This paper considers the provision of long-term incentives in a principal-agent model with effort persistence. We analyze how the degree of substitutability between short- and long-term tasks affects compensation and the optimal contract. We demonstrate that a long-term contract with no threat of interim replacement can focus on short-term incentives because of an interaction between ...