Articles
“The Causal Effect of Pet Ownership on Health and Well-being” Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2026, 21: 781–795 (with Maxim Ananyev, Ferdi Botha, and Kyle Peyton). DOI
“R&D investment and political connections: complements or substitutes? Evidence from Russia” Baltic Journal of Economics, 2025, 25(2): 201–231. DOI
“The paradox of government-funded innovation in weakly institutionalized environments” Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2024.
“The Puzzling Politics of R&D: Signaling Competence through Risky Projects” Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49(3): 801–818.
“Stability of Revolutionary Governments in the Face of Mass Protest” European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 60: 2–20 (with Dmitry Dagaev and Anton Sobolev)
- Media coverage: FreePolicyBriefs (English) · Polit.Ru (Russian) · OpenEconomy (Russian)
- CEPR discussion paper
“Economic Transition and the Rise of Alternative Institutions: Political Connections in Putin’s Russia” Economics of Transition, 2018, 26(4): 615–648 (with Konstantin Sonin)
Book chapters
“Putin’s Strategy After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008–9” in Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability: Duration, Financial Conditions, and Institutions, 2020, University of Michigan Press (with Daniel Treisman)
“The Role of Business in Shaping Economic Policy” in The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin’s Russia, 2018, 137–158, Brookings Institution Press (with Konstantin Sonin)
Working papers
“Patent Protection and Innovative Entrepreneurship: Examining Effect of Alice Ruling on Startup Funding” (with Maxim Ananyev) · SSRN
“Information Manipulation and Repression: A Theory and Evidence from the COVID Response in Russia” (with Konstantin Sonin) · SSRN · Becker Friedman Institute working paper
“Public Support for Long-term Military Investments during Wartime: Evidence from Ukraine” (with Vera Mironova and Sam Whitt) — draft available upon request. Research summary
“Public Perspectives on War Trauma Research: Evidence from Ukraine” (with Vera Mironova and Sam Whitt) — draft available upon request. Research summary
“War Exposure and Public Demand for State-led Innovation: Evidence from Ukraine” (with Vera Mironova) (April 2026) — draft available upon request. Research summary
“When Opinions Pass for Facts: Self-Esteem and Motivated Classification in Media Environments” (with Alexey Zakharov, Minh Dao, and Sydney Brown) — draft available upon request. Research summary
“Searching for Data Privacy: Effects of the General Data Protection Regulation on Firm Ad Revenue and Data Privacy Concerns” (with Kristine Thomas) — draft available upon request. Research summary
You can also find my articles on Google Scholar.