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Homepage:	https://carleton.ca/vpopov/
Postal address:	https://pages.nes.ru/vpopov/
Workplace:	New Economic School (NES), (more information at EDIRC) Laboratory of Mathematical Economics, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute (CEMI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Balance of Payments, Exchange Rate, and Foreign Exchange Reserves in China since 1979
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
2. Growth of human capital in the regions of the Russian Empire in 1897-1913: the role of local self-government bodies (zemstva) financing
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
3. Human capital in the regions of the Russian Empire and inequality in land distribution at the turn of the 20th century
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
4. Китайская модель: ретроспектива и перспектива
   (The Chinese model: Retrospective and perspective)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
5. Сколько прав нужно человеку: взлет и падение либерализма
   (How many rights does a human need: The rise and fall of liberalism)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2023

6. Can China maintain high growth rates under the “dual-circulation” decoupling?
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
7. Factors of social tension in the provinces of the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
8. US dollar is losing it position of a reserve currency: How the BRICS development bank can ensure the soft landing
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
9. Why the rich and the poor value freedom and equality differently
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2022

10. Brexit: Four charts to explain why did Britain make the decision to leave the EU
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
11. Why is the United States so tough on Russia? The answer may be in the Lenin’s brochure of 1920
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
12. “Good” and “bad” GDP: Output fall in transition economies and the dead rat effect
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2021

13. Why Europe looks so much like China: Big government and low income inequalities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2020

14. A myth of soft budget constraints in socialist economies
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
15. Global health care system after coronavirus: Who has responsibility to protect
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
16. How to Deal with a Coronavirus Economic Recession?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
17. The mystery of growth mechanism in a centrally planned economy: Planning process and economics of shortages
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2019

18. Billionaires, millionaires, inequality, and happiness
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
19. Successes and failures of industrial policy: Lessons from transition (post-communist) economies of Europe and Asia
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2018

20. Changes in the geographical structure of trade in Central Asia: Real flows in the 1989-2016 period versus gravity model predictions
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
21. Farewell to Agriculture? Productivity Trends and the Competitiveness of Agriculture in Central Asia
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
22. Paradoxes of Happiness: Why People Feel More Comfortable With High Inequalities And High Murder Rates?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
23. The causes of political misperceptions: Suggestions for research
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
24. Why Some Countries Have More Billionaires Than Others? (Explaining Variations in Billionaire Intensity of GDP)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2017

25. The effect of rapid privatisation on mortality in mono-industrial towns in post-Soviet Russia: a retrospective cohort study
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (5)

2016

26. Is Globalization Coming to an End Due to Rise of Income Inequalities?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
27. What can Uzbekistan tell us about industrial policy that we did not already know?
    Working Papers, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article What can Uzbekistan tell us about industrial policy that we did not already know, Review of Business and Economics Studies, CyberLeninka (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2015

28. Catching Up: Developing Countries in Pursuit of Growth
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
29. Income inequalities in perspective
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization View citations (5)
30. What Uzbekistan tells us about industrial policy that we did not know?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
31. Разрыв между Югом и Западом по уровню экономического развития сокращается?
    (Catching up: Developing countries in pursuit of growth)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2014

32. Can Uzbekistan Economy Retain Its High Growth Rates? Scenarios of Economic Development in 2015-30
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
33. Puzzles of public opinion: Why Soviet population supports the transition to capitalism since the 1980S
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
34. Socialism is dead, long live socialism!
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
35. ЗАГАДКИ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО МНЕНИЯ: ПОЧЕМУ СОВЕТСКОЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЕ ПОДДЕРЖИВАЕТ ПЕРЕХОД К КАПИТАЛИЗМУ С КОНЦА 80-Х ГОДОВ
    (PUZZLES OF PUBLIC OPINION: WHY SOVIET POPULATION SUPPORTS THE TRANSITION TO CAPITALISM SINCE THE LATE 1980S)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
36. СОХРАНИТ ЛИ ЭКОНОМИКА УЗБЕКИСТАНА ВЫСОКИЕ ТЕМПЫ РОСТА? СЦЕНАРИИ РАЗВИТИЯ В 2015-30гг
    (CAN UZBEKISTAN ECONOMY RETAIN ITS HIGH GROWTH RATE? SCENARIOS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN 2015-30)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2013

37. Economic Miracle of Post-Soviet Space: Why Uzbekistan Managed to Achieve What No Other Post-Soviet State Achieved
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
38. Whither Income Inequalities?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2011

39. Developing new measurements of State institutional capacity
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
40. Is Chinese Variety of Capitalism Really Unique?
    Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) View citations (1)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES) (2011) View citations (1)
41. Mortality Crisis in Russia Revisited: Evidence from Cross-regional Comparison
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009) View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (2011)
42. To devaluate or not to devalue? How East European countries responded to the outflow of capital in 1997-99 and in 2008-09
    Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) View citations (4)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES) (2011) View citations (5)
43. Why transition economies did worse than others in 2008-09 recession?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2010

44. Development theories and development experience: half a century journey
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (2010)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010)
45. Do We Need to Protect Intellectual Property Rights?
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (2010) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Do We Need to Protect Intellectual Property Rights?, Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association (2011) (2011)
46. Global Imbalances: Non-conventional View
    Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, New Economic School (NES) (2010)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Global Imbalances: An Unconventional View, Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP Voprosy Ekonomiki (2013) (2013)
47. Life Cycle of the Centrally Planned Economy: Why Soviet Growth Rates Peaked in the 1950s
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES) View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (2010) View citations (10)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2006) View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Life Cycle of the Centrally Planned Economy: Why Soviet Growth Rates Peaked in the 1950s, Studies in Economic Transition, Palgrave Macmillan (2007) (2007)
48. Resource abundance: A curse or blessing?
    Working Papers, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs View citations (25)
49. The Long Road to Normalcy: Where Russia Now Stands
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)

2009

50. Instability of Democracy as Resource Curse
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
51. Lessons from the Transition Economies: Putting the Success Stories of the Postcommunist World into a Broader Perspective
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (14)
52. Why the West Became Rich before China and Why China Has Been Catching Up with the West since 1949: nother Explanation of the “Great Divergence” and “Great Convergence” Stories
    Working Papers, New Economic School (NES) View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (2009) View citations (5)
53. Концентрация доходов, нестабильность демократии и экономический рост
    (Income Concentration, Instability of Democracy and the Economic Growth)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2008

54. Mechanisms of Resource Curse, Economic Policy and Growth
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (21)
55. Нестабильность демократии в странах, богатых ресурсами
    (Instability of Democracy in Resource Abundant Countries)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2007

56. Democratization, Quality of Institutions and Economic Growth
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (29)
57. Resource Abundance, Political Corruption, and Instability of Democracy
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
58. Демократизация и экономический рост
    (Democratization and Economic Growth)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
59. Экономическая политика, качество институтов и механизмы "ресурсного проклятия"
    (Economic Policy, Quality of Institutions, and Mechanisms of Resource Curse)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2006

60. SHOCK THERAPY VERSUS GRADUALISM RECONSIDERED: LESSONS FROM TRANSITION ECONOMIES AFTER 15 YEARS OF REFORMS
    Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) View citations (15)
    Also in Working Papers, New Economic School (NES) (2006) View citations (11)
61. Stages of Development, Economic Policies and a New World Economic Order
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
62. Эволюционная теория экономической политики: Часть I: Опыт быстрого развития
    (An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Policy: Part I: The Experience of Fast Development)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (162)
63. Эволюционная теория экономической политики: Часть II: Необходимость своевременного переключения
    (The Evolutionary Theory of Economic Policy: Part II: The Necessity of Timely Switching)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2005

64. Appropriate Economic Policies at Different Stages of Development
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (20)
65. Democracy and Growth Reconsidered: Why Economic Performance of New Democracies is not Encouraging
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
66. Exchange rate in a resource based economy in the short term: the case of Russia
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article Exchange Rate in a Resource-Based Economy in the Short-Term: The Case of Russia, The IUP Journal of Monetary Economics, IUP Publications (2011) (2011)

2003

67. Accumulation of Foreign Exchange Reserves and Long Term Growth
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (82)

2001

68. Currency crises in Russia and other transition economies
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

1996

69. A Russian Puzzle. What Makes the Russian Economy Transformation a Special Case
    Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research View citations (8)
    Also in WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
70. Long-Term Growth and Welfare in Transitional Economies The Impact of Demographic, Investment and Social Policy Changes
    WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
    Also in Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research (1996) View citations (3)
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (1996) View citations (4)

Undated

71. The Investement Decline in Transition Economies: Policy Versus Non-Policy Factors
    WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Is Globalization Coming to an End Due to the Rise in Income Inequality?
   JRFM, 2025, 18, (3), 1-20

2020

2. Exchange Rate Undervaluation and Growth in China
   Development, 2020, 63, (1), 120-125 View citations (1)
3. What is Slowing Growth in China?
   Development, 2020, 63, (1), 115-119

2019

4. СЕКРЕТЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ПРОМЫШЛЕННОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ УЗБЕКИСТАНА // WHAT CAN UZBEKISTAN TELL US ABOUT INDUSTRIAL POLICY THAT WE DID NOT ALREADY KNOW
   Review of Business and Economics Studies // Review of Business and Economics Studies, 2016, 4, (1), 5-25

2018

5. Are developing countries catching up?
   (Aid, growth, and development: have we come full circle)
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2018, 42, (1), 33-46 View citations (4)

2016

6. Exchange Rate, Inflation and Industrial Policy
   Journal of the New Economic Association, 2016, 29, (1), 192-198 View citations (4)
7. Long-Term Trends in Income Distribution
   Journal of the New Economic Association, 2016, 31, (3), 146-160 View citations (2)
8. What can Uzbekistan tell us about industrial policy that we did not already know
   Review of Business and Economics Studies, 2016, (1), 5-25 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper What can Uzbekistan tell us about industrial policy that we did not already know?, Working Papers (2016) View citations (4) (2016)

2015

9. Can Uzbekistan Economy Retain Its High Growth Rate? Scenarios of Economic Development in 2015-2030
   Journal of the New Economic Association, 2015, 27, (3), 163-181 View citations (1)
10. Searching for new Sources of growth. Are the Developing Countries Catching up with the Developed ones?
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2015, (10)

2014

11. An Economic Miracle in the Post-Soviet Space: How Uzbekistan Managed to Achieve What No Other Post-Soviet State Has
    Journal of the New Economic Association, 2014, 21, (1), 136-159 View citations (7)
12. Industrial Policy - How to Choose Industries that Should Be Supported
    Journal of the New Economic Association, 2014, 22, (2), 186-190 View citations (2)

2013

13. Global Imbalances: An Unconventional View
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2013, (1)
    See also Working Paper Global Imbalances: Non-conventional View, Working Papers (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2012

14. Russia: austerity and deficit reduction in historical and comparative perspective
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2012, 36, (1), 313-334 View citations (8)
15. Why the West got Rich Before Other Countries and Why China is Catching Up With the West Today? New Answer to the Old Question
    Journal of the New Economic Association, 2012, 15, (3), 35-64 View citations (2)

2011

16. Do We Need to Protect Intellectual Property Rights?
    Journal of the New Economic Association, 2011, (11), 107-126
    See also Working Paper Do We Need to Protect Intellectual Property Rights?, Working Papers (2010) (2010)
17. Exchange Rate in a Resource-Based Economy in the Short-Term: The Case of Russia
    The IUP Journal of Monetary Economics, 2011, IX, (3), 20-49
    See also Working Paper Exchange rate in a resource based economy in the short term: the case of Russia, MPRA Paper (2005) (2005)
18. To devalue or not to devalue?
    Acta Oeconomica, 2011, 61, (3), 255-279 View citations (4)

2010

19. Putting the success stories in the post-communist world into a broader perspective
    Society and Economy, 2010, 32, (1), 83-102

2009

20. Concatenation of Circumstances or Historical Regularity?
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2009, (7)
21. The Memory of the Future: The Second Edition of the Drama of "The 1998 Crisis"
    Journal of the New Economic Association, 2009, (1-2), 249-252

2007

22. Mechanisms of Resource Curse and Economic Policy
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2007, (6)
23. Shock Therapy versus Gradualism Reconsidered: Lessons from Transition Economies after 15 Years of Reforms1
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49, (1), 1-31 View citations (51)
24. Shock Therapy versus Gradualism: 15 Years Later
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2007, (5)

2006

25. An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Policy. Part I: The Experience of Fast Development
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2006, (7) View citations (1)
26. An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Policy. Part II: The Necessity of Timely Switching
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2006, (8) View citations (1)

2004

27. Fiscal Federalism in Russia: Rules versus Electoral Politics
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2004, 46, (4), 515-541 View citations (23)

2001

28. Money Unmade: Barter and the Fate of Russian Capitalism
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2001, 20, (2), 376-379
29. Reform Strategies and Economic Performance of Russia's Regions
    World Development, 2001, 29, (5), 865-886 View citations (40)
30. Reform Strategies and Economic Performance: The Russian Far East as Compared to Other Regions
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2001, 43, (4), 33-66 View citations (20)

2000

31. From Shock to Therapy. The Political Economy of Postsocialist Transformation. UNU/WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2000, 42, (3), 121-125
32. Shock Therapy Versus Gradualism: The End Of The Debate (Explaining The Magnitude Of Transformational Recession)
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2000, 42, (1), 1-57 View citations (91)

1999

33. Investment, Restructuring and Performance in Transition Economies
    Post-Communist Economies, 1999, 11, (4), 445-462 View citations (7)
34. Lessons of the Currency Crisis in Russia and in Other Countries
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 1999, 6 View citations (1)
35. The Financial System in Russia Compared to Other Transition Economies: The Anglo-American Versus the German-Japanese Model&ast
    Comparative Economic Studies, 1999, 41, (1), 1-42 View citations (10)

1998

36. Production Dynamics during Transition to Market: The Role of Objective Conditions and Economic Policy
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 1998, 7
37. Strong Institutions Are More Important than the Speed of Reforms
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 1998, 8 View citations (4)
38. Will Russia achieve fast economic growth?
    Post-Communist Economies, 1998, 10, (4), 421-449 View citations (4)

1997

39. Lessons of the Currency and Stock Exchange Crisis in the South-Eastern Asia
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 1997, 12

1994

40. Change in the former Soviet Union and its implications for the Canadian minerals sector: The cases of copper, gold, nickel and uranium: David G Hagland, S Neil MacFarlane and Vladimir Popov with Olga Kvasova and Roman Sheinin Centre for Resource Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, 1994, 161 pp
    Resources Policy, 1994, 20, (4), 282-285

1991

41. Soviet economic reforms: Possible difficulties in the application of public choice theory
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (2), 304-324 View citations (3)

Books

2014

1. Mixed Fortunes: An Economic History of China, Russia, and the West
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (20)

Edited books

2017

1. Mapping a New World Order
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

2007

2. Political Institutions and Development
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (19)

2001

3. Transition and Institutions: The Experience of Gradual and Late Reformers
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (10)

Chapters

2023

1. Recent experiences of successful economic policies: the case of Uzbekistan
   Chapter 14 in A Modern Guide to Uneven Economic Development, 2023, pp 304-330

2017

2. Convergence? More developing countries are catching up
   Chapter 1 in Mapping a New World Order, 2017, pp 7-22 View citations (2)
3. Why growth rates differ
   Chapter 3 in Mapping a New World Order, 2017, pp 38-52

2008

4. Russia
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)
5. Shock Therapy versus Gradualism Reconsidered: Lessons from Transition Economies
   Chapter 8 in Economic Reform in Developing Countries, 2008 View citations (4)

2007

6. Life Cycle of the Centrally Planned Economy: Why Soviet Growth Rates Peaked in the 1950s
   Palgrave Macmillan
   See also Working Paper Life Cycle of the Centrally Planned Economy: Why Soviet Growth Rates Peaked in the 1950s, New Economic School (NES) (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

2004

7. Down and up the stairs: paradoxes of Russian economic growth
   Chapter 2 in The Economic Prospects of the CIS, 2004 View citations (3)