ERI FEB RAS

Position: Acting director of the Amur Laboratory of Economics and Social Studies Academic degree, academic rank: Candidate of Economics Contacts: Address: 86 Politekhnicheskaya street, Blagoveshchensk, 675005, Russia Phone: (4162) 56-36-67 Fax: (4162) 56-36-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Research Interests:

• Institutional economics
• Econometrics

Publications:

The author has 32 works published. The most important publications are:

• NyeJ.V.C., Vasilyeva O.G. When Does Local Political Competition Lead to More Public Goods?: Evidence from Russian Regions. The Journal of Comparative Economics. 2015. T.43. № 3.
• Bilko A.M., Vasilyeva O.G. Evaluation of the Scale Effect in Agriculture of the Amur Region. Spatial Economics. 2016. № 2. p. 104-122.
• Bilko A.M., Vasilyeva O.G. Total Factor Productivity in the Agriculture of Amur Region. Regionalistics. 2017. Volume 4. № 1. p. 15-27.
• Vasilyeva O.G., Kovshun J.A. Access to Credit and Economic Growth in Russian Regions. Spatial Economics. 2015. №2.
• Vasilyeva O.G.Does Abundance of Natural Resources Impair Investments in Education? Case of Russian Regions. New Economic Association Journal. 2012. № 2 (14)
• Vasilyeva O.G.Dutch Disease: Myth or Reality? Economic Theory Journal. 2012. № 1.
• Vasilyeva O.G. Accumulation of human capital and abundance of natural resources. Economic Affairs. 2011. № 12.
• Ermolaev S.A., VasilyevaO.G., Mishura A.V. The “resource curse” phenomenon in economic development. Moscow: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. 2012.
• Bryzgina O.G., Simutina N.L. Regional accounts matrix. A research of regional investment process. Blagoveshchensk: AmurStateUniversity. 2006.

Grants and Contests (2011-2016):

• RFBR Grant № 13-06-90712 «Aresearchofeffectsoftheabundanceofnaturalresourcesontheaccumulationof human capital in conditions of different intensity of political competition». Chief.
• RFBR Grant№ 12-06-00134-а «Economicintegrationofbordermarkets: evaluatingstructuraleffects». Executive.
• RHSF Grant № 12-02-00111 «Institutionalentrance restrictions: resource industries of Far East». Executive.
• RHSF Grant№ 11-42-93041к«Theprojectofpreparingthe popular sciencebook«Resource curse: Myth or Reality?». Executive.
• EERC № 11-085 «Does political competition matter for public goods provision? Evidence from Russian regions». Chief.