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The Effects of Path Dependence and Economy of Scale in Russian legislature
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2014-11-58-82
Abstract
He paper presents the results of the regular monitoring of the legislative process in the Russian Federation, which is carried out at the Institute of Economics, RAS since 2008. An original database of Russian federal (federal constitutional) laws’ attributes ‘LAWSTREAM.RU’ (open access www.inecon. ru & www.kirdina.ru) is used. The database is formed on the basis of two open sources: the official website of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the online version of the legal system ‘ConsultantPlus’. It covers the period from 1994 to 2014. The average term from initiating a bill to its enactment, the type of activities that laws regulate, the structure of actors who initiated laws, the ratio of new laws and amendments to existing legislation are analyzed. Increasing returns and path dependence effects in the legislative sphere of modern Russia are presented.
About the Authors
S. Kirdina
Institute of Economics, RAS (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. Rubinstein
Institute of Economics, RAS (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Kirdina S., Rubinstein A. The Effects of Path Dependence and Economy of Scale in Russian legislature. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2014;(11):58-82. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2014-11-58-82
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