Deformalization of Rules of Interaction between Authorities and Business

Abstract

Taking Kemerovo Region as an example, the article describes the existing model of institutional structure of interaction between authorities and business in the Russian economy. It shows that the current model of their relationships has inherited the attributes of the Soviet-era economic institutions. It also reveals reasons of economy’s deformalization. The authors point out that the "grey" zone of interaction between authorities and business is the result of the rules’ deformalization process, a set of institutions, which regulate the "additional financing of regions" by business funds. The article also describes reasons and main signs of rules’ deformalization in interaction between authorities and business at the regional and municipal levels as well as interests and positions of the interested parties in this process.