
CInSt Research Seminar
Sergey Popov, leading research fellow of the Center for Institutional Studies and Lecturer in Economics of the Cardiff Business School has presented the paper "Arithmetics of Research Specialization" co-authored with Eyal Winter, Professor of Economics, Lancaster U.
New publication by Ilya Prakhov and coauthors is available online now
Ilya Prakhov, Senior Research Fellow at CInSt, and coauthors have published the paper "Parental involvement and the educational trajectories of youth in Russia" in International Journal of Educational Development.

Stanislav Avdeev is presenting his paper at the conference of the European Economic Association
Stanislav Avdeev, Research Assistant at CInSt, is presenting his paper "Zero Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from a Natural Experiment" at the 35th Congress of the European Economic Association at 17:30 (UTC+3) on August 26th.
How voting alignment shapes distribution of intergovernmental transfers in tutelary regimes? New preprint by Ilya Vaskin is available
Paper "Buying Loyalty Of Voters Or Local Elites? Political Alignment And Transfers To Provinces In Tutelary Regimes: The Case Of Iran" by Ilya Vaskin, Research Assistant at CInSt, was published at SSRN and HSE Working Papers.

HERB 2(23): Postdoc – From Invisible Scholar to a Change Driver
This issue of HERB is dedicated to the postdoctoral position and its role in the life of universities.
Timur Natkhov and Natalia Vasilenok presented at the Summer Workshop in the Economic History of Russia
Timur Natkhov, Senior Research Fellow at CInSt, and Natalia Vasilenok, Research Assistant at CInSt, took part in the poster-session at the Summer Workshop in the Economic History and Historical Political Economy of Russia on July 27-31. The workshop was co-organized by the University of Chicago, Caltech and NES. Timur and Natalia presented an article "Skilled Minorities and Technology Adoption: Evidence from the German Settlements in the Russian Empire".
A new paper by Sofia Dokuka, Diliara Valeeva, and Maria Yudkevich is published in PLOS One
A new paper "How academic achievement spreads: The role of distinct social networks in academic performance diffusion" by Sofia Dokuka, Diliara Valeeva, and Maria Yudkevich, CInSt Director, is published in PLOS One.

CInSt members present papers on the economics of education at the Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
Victor Rudakov, Research Fellow at CInSt, and Stanislav Avdeev, Research Assistant at CInSt, are presenting their papers online at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics on July 19th.
A new paper by Natalia Matveeva and Anuška Ferligoj is published in Scientometrics
A paper “Scientific collaboration in Russian universities before and after the excellence initiative Project 5‑100” by Nataliya Matveeva, Junior Research Fellow at CInSt, and Anuška Ferligoj has been published in Scientometrics.
A new paper by Maria Semenova and François Guillemin published in Annals of Finance
"Transparency and market discipline: evidence from the Russian interbank market", the paper by Maria Semenova, Senior Research Fellow at CInSt, and François Guillemin, former Postdoctoral Fellow at CInSt, was published in the recent issue of Annals of Finance.
