On economics of innovation subsidies in Russia

Besstremyannaya Galina; Golovan Sergei; Senchenya Grigoriy

Working paper

On economics of innovation subsidies in Russia

FREE Policy brief. FREE Policy brief. Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies, 2017

Besstremyannaya G., Golovan S., Senchenya G.

Following the general agreement that innovation is a source of economic growth, the Russian government has provided various stimuli to foster domestic innovation. One of the mechanisms of innovation policy is research subsidies. This policy brief starts off with a discussion of the theoretical predictions and empirical evidence, which relates the economic incentives of research subsides to innovation and growth. We then address the potential adverse effects of focusing innovation subsidies mainly on large public companies in Russia. Finally, we attempt to establish a link between the innovation rate and market competition within Russian industries.

Priority areas: economics

Language: English

Text on another site

Keywords: economics of technological change and innovation

Экономика и управление: проблемы и перспективы развития. Сборник научных статей по итогам международной научно-практической конференции г.Волгоград 15-16 ноября 2010 г.

Ч. 1. Волгоград: Волгоградское научное издательство, 2010.

Added: Jan 18, 2013

An Optimal Incentive Contract Preventing Excessive Risk-Taking by a Bank Manager

Penikas H. I. Financial Economics. FE. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 03.

The Basel Committee of Banking Supervision initiated a discussion on the most efficient practices to prevent bank managers from excessive risk-taking. This paper proposes a game-theoretical approach, describing the decision-making process by a bank manager who chooses his own level of risk and effort. If the level of risk implies the variability of the future outcome, the amount of effort applied affects the probability of a positive outcome. Although effort is unobserved for the bank’s stakeholders, the risk level is under control, and is associated with certain indicators such as capital adequacy ratio or leverage level. The risk-neutral utility function of a bank manager and a binary game outcome of gaining profit or loss for a bank are assumed. Starting from the general incentive contract scheme having the fixed and variable parts of remuneration, it is proposed that differentiating the variable part of remuneration is sufficient to motivate bank managers to make fewer risky decisions. More precisely, the variable part of remuneration (e.g. the share of the bank’s profit) needs to be higher in proportion to the higher variance of outcome for the high -risk outcome case to stimulate a bank manager to opt for lower-risk decisions in place of higher-risk situations.

Added: May 3, 2012

Competition impact of market structure: The case of banking services markets in two Russian regions

Anisimova A. I., Muradyan P. A., Vernikov A. V. SSRN Working Paper Series. Social Science Research Network, 2011. No. 1919817.

This empirical paper adds to competition and industrial organization literature by exploring the interplay between industry structure and competitiveness on local, rather than nation-wide, markets. We use micro-level statistical data for banks in two Russian regions (Bashkortostan and Tatarstan) to estimate Herfindahl-Hirschman index, Lerner index, and Panzar-Rosse model. We estimate Panzar-Rosse model in two ways: via the widely used price-equation that accounts for scale effects and then via a revenue-equation that disregards scale effects as suggested by Bikker et al. (2009). We find both regional markets to be ruled by monopolistic competition, although estimation by revenue-equation does not reject monopoly hypothesis for Tatarstan. Existence of sizeable locally-owned and operated institutions does not necessarily lead to higher competitiveness of the given regional market, and the results from non-structural methods of estimation suggest that bank competition in Bashkortostan is stronger than in Tatarstan. Going further away from aggregated analysis we compute Lerner indices in two product segments of Tatarstan – retail and corporate loans – and find that retail segment is significantly more competitive. Local banks exert more market power in corporate loans, while federal branches – in retail loans.

Added: May 14, 2012

Обновляемый образовательный ресурс "Экономическая школа НИУ ВШЭ"

2012.

Added: Feb 22, 2013

На океанских волнах. Россия в мировом кризисе

Уринсон Я. М. Вестник Европы. 2014. № 38-39.

Added: Feb 5, 2018

Modeling policy response to global systemically important banks regulation

Penikas H. I., Titova Y. Financial Economics. FE. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 02.

In this paper we elaborate a simple model that allows for the predicting of possible reactions from financial institutions to more stringent regulatory measures introduced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in regard to global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). The context is framed by a 2011 BCBS document that proposes higher capital requirements for global systemically important banks. We attempt to analyze bank interactions in an oligopolistic market that is subject to demand constraints on loan amounts and additional loss absorbency requirements introduced by the regulator. We distinguish between the bank’s announced funding cost that determines both the loan amount issued and the market interest rate, and the bank’s true funding cost that has a direct impact on retained earnings. We conclude that in a two-stage game both banks will announce the highest funding cost, thus reducing the amount of loans granted (in line with the regulator’s objective), but at the expense of a higher cost of borrowing established in the market. If the game is repeated, then both banks also choose lower loan amounts in the periods prior to the last one in which the declared funding cost is the lowest possible. It should be noted that the designated outcome also coincides with the findings of the Monetary Economic Department of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Added: May 3, 2012

Применение различных вариантов правила передачи голосов

Карпов А. В., Вольский В. И. Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз. 2011. № 2. С. 162-174.

Added: Jun 24, 2011

Влияние выбора целей и инструментов политики денежных властей на уязвимость экономик

Трунин П. В., Дробышевский С. М., Евдокимова Т. В. М.: Издательский дом «Дело» РАНХиГС, 2012.

Added: Mar 26, 2013

Правовые институты в России 2000-2007 годах: взгляд со стороны бизнеса

Яковлев А. А. Общественные науки и современность. 2008. № 4. С. 21-37.

Added: Sep 22, 2012