A MECHANISM TO UNDERPIN STATE PATRONAGE OF NOVEL PUBLIC GOODS: REVISITING THE THEORY OF EFFECTIVE MANIPULATION

Tatyana MELNIKOVA

Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy and Political Science, Saratov Social-Economic Institute (branch) of Plekhanov Russian Economic University

tatyana.s.melnikova@mail.ru

Nataliya MITYAEVA

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Economic Theory, Saratov Social-Economic Institute (branch) of Plekhanov Russian Economic University

natasha.mityaeva@inbox.ru

Anton PETROV

Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of National Economics and State and Municipal Governance, Saratov Social-Economic Institute (branch) of Plekhanov Russian Economic University

petron_anton.m@list.ru

Arina BOBKOVA

Master of Economics, Postgraduate Student, Department of Economic Theory, Saratov Social-Economic Institute (branch) of Plekhanov Russian Economic University

arina_bobkova@list.ru

Abstract

This paper examines the issue of the development of electronic government and electronic democracy in Russia in terms of fostering the public need for the everyday use of electronic services. The authors unfold the essence of E-government and E-democracy through some economic theory concepts. The purpose of this work is to bring to light the characteristics of effective state patronage of these public goods with the use of special manipulation technology. The authors share the results of an expert survey, ‘Topical Issues in the Development of Electronic Government and Electronic Democracy in Saratov Oblast: The Public Need Aspect’. The paper describes the concept of a state mechanism for fostering public demand based on the use of manipulation technology – PR, propaganda, and advertising. The authors draw the conclusion about effective manipulation being possible only if the process of cultivating specific mindsets to shape and drive human behavior has an all-encompassing nature.

Keywords: electronic government, electronic democracy, Authorities–Society OEI (open electronic interaction) system, propaganda, political socialization

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BOOSTING THE AUTONOMY OF REGIONAL BANKING SYSTEMS AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF RUSSIA

Dinara Khamitovna GALLYAMOVA

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Department of Territorial Economics, Institute of Management, Economics, and Finance, Kazan Federal University

dinara_khamitovna@list.ru

Aidar Il’darovich MIFTAKHOV

Assistant professor Department of Territorial Economics, Institute of Management, Economics, and Finance, Kazan Federal University

miftakhov.a.i@mail.ru

Abstract

The object of the research study reported in this paper is to work out a set of practical recommendations on reforming the key instruments and mechanisms that underpin state regulation of Russia’s banking sector to help boost the autonomy of its regions’ banking systems based on a set of inferences derived regarding the effect of autonomy in terms of boosts in the efficiency of regional banking systems. The authors’ practical recommendations are aimed at stimulating the self-development of the nation’s regions. Institutional regulation of the regional banking system is proceeding along the path of putting together regional financial-industrial clusters, participants in which are eligible for the long-term use of the resources available. What is open to question is the degree to which the regulator’s standards and requirements are differentiated depending on the specificity of the region’s economy and the bank’s sectoral specialization.

Keywords: state regulation, regional banking system, Central Bank of Russia, economic growth, monetary-lending policy

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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMICS IN REGIONS: THE CASE IN THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRY

Svetlana RASTVORTSEVA

World Economy Department – National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia, http://www.hse.ru

Srartvortseva@gmail.ru

Abstract

The paper deals with the issues of economic activity location in the Russian regions, that is influ-enced not only by factors “first nature” – the presence of minerals, fertile land, favorable geographic position, but also factors of a “second nature”, in particular, the agglomeration effects and the econ-omy of scale. Analysis of geographic concentration and regional specialization reflects the general trend of the location of industrial production, investment and human resources, provides the necessary information basis for a balanced economic policy.

Keywords: New Economic Geography, Regional Economics, Location Theory, the Geographic Concentration of Economic Activity, Regions of Russia

JEL classification: R11, R12

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