Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Information Manipulation and Repression: Theory and Evidence from the COVID-19 Response in Russia
Natalia Lamberova and Konstantin Sonin. Journal of Public Economics 262 (2026): 105740. PDF · DOI
The Causal Effect of Pet Ownership on Health and Well-being
Maxim Ananyev, Ferdi Botha, Natalia Lamberova, and Kyle Peyton. Applied Research in Quality of Life 21 (2026): 781–795. PDF · DOI
R&D Investment and Political Connections: Complements or Substitutes? Evidence from Russia
Natalia Lamberova. Baltic Journal of Economics 25(2) (2025): 201–231. PDF · DOI
#Polarized: Gauging Potential Policy Bargaining Ranges Between Opposing Social Movements of Black Lives Matter and Police Lives Matter
Jessi Hanson-DeFusco, Natalia Lamberova, Blair Mickles, Tanisha Long, Eliana Beligel, Quinten Boose, Paul Smith, Alexis McMaster, and Dragana Djukic-Min. Social Sciences 13(11) (2024): 604. DOI
The Paradox of Government-Funded Innovation in Weakly Institutionalized Environments
Natalia Lamberova. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge 9(3) (2024): 100536. PDF · DOI
The Puzzling Politics of R&D: Signaling Competence through Risky Projects
Natalia Lamberova. Journal of Comparative Economics 49(3) (2021): 801–818. PDF · DOI
Stability of Revolutionary Governments in the Face of Mass Protest
Dmitry Dagaev, Natalia Lamberova, and Anton Sobolev. European Journal of Political Economy 60 (2019): 101812. PDF · DOI
Economic Transition and the Rise of Alternative Institutions: Political Connections in Putin’s Russia
Natalia Lamberova and Konstantin Sonin. Economics of Transition 26(4) (2018): 615–648. PDF · DOI
Peer-reviewed book chapters
Putin’s Strategy After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008–9
Natalia Lamberova and Daniel Treisman. In Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability: Duration, Financial Conditions, and Institutions (2020): 97–118. University of Michigan Press. DOI / Book
The Role of Business in Shaping Economic Policy
Natalia Lamberova and Konstantin Sonin. In The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin’s Russia (2018): 249–276. Brookings Institution Press. Chapter / Book
For public working papers and ongoing projects, see Research.