Natalya Skolkovo, 100a Novaya st., of. 232 143026 Moscow, Russia Volchkova phone: +7 (495) 956 9508 ext. 258 fax: +7 (495) 9255003 e-mail: [email protected] http://ssrn.com/author=452122 https://sites.google.com/a/nes.ru/nvolchkova / Work Experience 1998-Present New Economic School, Moscow, Russia; Position: Assistant Professor of Economics 2000 – Present Center for Economic and Financial Research, Moscow, Russia Position: Policy Director 1998-2014 Central Economic and Mathematical Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia Position: Researcher 2008-2009 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Department of Economics Position: Visiting Scholar 2002-2008 International College of Economics and Finance, Moscow, Russia Position: Lecturer in International Economics 2001- 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA; Departments of Economics; Position: Visiting scholar 1998- 2000 Russian-European Center for Economic Policy, Moscow, Russia; Position: Economist Education 1997- 1999 Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Moscow, Russia Postgraduate School Degree: Ph.D in Economics (Kandidat Nauk) 1996- 1998 New Economic School, Moscow, Russia Degree: Master of Arts (Economics) (Diploma cum laude) 1992- 1997 M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Postgraduate School Department of Physics 1986- 1992 M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Department of Physics Degree: Master of Science (Astronomy) (Honors) Major: Astrophysics Publications “Transition economics meets new structural economics" (2015) (with Berglof, E., Foray, D., Landesmann, M., Lin, J.Y., Campos, M.N., Sanfey, P., Radosevic, S.) Journal of Economic Policy Reform, V.18, N.3 pp.191-220 "Foreign Direct Investment and Governance Quality in Russia" (2014), with Olga Kuzmina and Tatiana Zueva), Journal of Comparative Economics, 42(4): 874–891. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2432967 “The Corporate Governance Role of the Media: Evidence from Russia” (with Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales), Journal of Finance (June 2008) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=931610 “Integration of banking and industrial capitals in export-oriented industries” (in Russian), Economic and Mathematical Methods, 2000, 3 1 “Search for periodicity in light variations of the isolated Herbig Ae-star WW Vulpecular”, Astrophysics, 1993, 36, 1 “Investigation of light curves of young irregular variables: SV Cep and CQ Tau”, (with co-authors) 1993, Astrophysics, 36, 1 “Surface non-homogeneity of T Tau stars and the structure of their stellar winds”, (with co-authors) 1992, in the “Lecture Notes in Physics”, 397, Springer Berlin Books and chapters “An Assessment of the Implications of Russia’s Entry into the WTO” (with E. Bessonova and N. Turdyeva) in K.Hober (ed) The Uppsala Yearbook of Eurasian Studies, 2016 "Russian Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy at the Crossroads" ( with David Tarr) in M. Alexeev, S. Weber (eds) Handbook of Russian Economy, 2013 “How Diversified is Russia”, in S. Commander, A.Plekhanov and J. Zettelmeyer (eds.) Diversifying Russia, EBRD, London, 2012 “Foreign Direct Investments in Russia”, in M. Schapiro and D. Trubek (eds) Law and Development: a dialogue between the BRICs, Saraiva Press, Brazil, 2011 (in Portuguese) “Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy at a Crossroads” (with David Tarr), in A.Aslund, S. Guriev and A. Kuchins (eds.) Russia after the Global Economic Crisis, Peterson Institute, 2010 “Trade Policy as an Instrument of Russian Economic Development” in V. Polterovich (ed.) Modernization strategy for Russian Economy, 2010 (in Russian) “Evaluation of the consequences of social reforms: monetization of social benefits and housing and communal services reform” (with co-authors), Moscow Public Science Foundation paper series “Independent economic analysis”, #179. M.: MPSF, ICSS, CEFIR, 2006 (in Russian) “Reasons for Russia's energy dependent industrial structure: Dutch Disease vs. underdeveloped institutions” in “Role of Trade Policy and WTO Accession in Russian and CIS countries economic development”, World Bank, 2005 (in Russian) “Microeconomic Estimation of the Consequences of Tax Reform” (with co- authors), Moscow Public Science Foundation paper series “Independent economic analysis”, #156. M.: MPSF, ICSS, CEFIR, 2004 (in Russian) "Down and Up the Stairs: Paradoxes of Russian Economic Growth" (with co- authors) in "The Economic Prospects of the CIS: Sources of Long Term Growth", G. Ofer and R. Pomfred (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2004 Working papers “Export costs of visa restrictions: evidence from Russia” (with Natalia Kapelko) and non-refereed http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2243136 publications “How costly is exporting: an empirical assessment of trade model with heterogeneous firms?”, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2243135 “Searching for Dutch Disease: Natural Resources and Industrial Growth” (with Mikhail Leonov), http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2241293 “Human Capital, Industrial Growth and Resource Curse” (with Elena Suslova), http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1023523 “Sectoral and regional analysis of industrial electricity demand in Russia” (with Svetlana Egorova), http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2241294 “Russian business groups: substitutes for missing institutions?”, 2 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=744465 “Russia–South Africa Relations: Collaboration in BRICS and the G-20” (with Maria Ryabtseva), SAIIA Occasional Paper #135, 2013 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2243725 “Russian Regions and Russian Firms: Output and Export Diversification”, CEFIR WP 2011 https://sites.google.com/a/nes.ru/nvolchkova/Diversification%20paper_NVolchkov a.pdf?attredirects=0 “Costs of exporting: evidence from Russia”, CEFIR WP 2011 https://sites.google.com/a/nes.ru/nvolchkova/Russian%20exporters_d1.pdf?attredir ects=0 “Russian Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy at the Crossroads” (with David Tarr), World Bank Policy Research WP 5255, 2010 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1585034 “Explaining Growth in Russia”, GDN working paper, 2002 (with co-authors) “Does Financial-Industrial Group Membership Affect Fixed Investment: Evidence from Russia”, CEFIR Working Paper, 2000. “Case study of Samara.” Moscow: The New Economic School, mimeo, 1997 Selected Policy Building a partial equilibrium model for Russian agriculture, for Analytical Center Projects at Russian Government, 2014-2015 Evaluating the perspectives for Russian Light Industry, for Ministry of Industry of RF, 2014 GVC and effective rate of protection in Eurasian Customs Union, for Eurasian Economic Commission, 2014 Assessment of barriers to integration in Eurasian Economic Community for Eurasian Economic Commission, 2012-1013 Research on the implementation of the OECD recommendations in the area of improving governance and regulatory policy, for Ministry of Economy, 2012 Assessment of the economic effects of accession of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Customs Union, for Eurasian Bank for Developement, 2012 Comparative analysis of the programs of modernization and development of the Common Economic Space economies and the development of proposals to create a common trade policy, for Eurasian Bank for Developement, 2012 “Business Environment and Enterprise Survey (BEEPS V)”, for World Bank and European Bank for Development, 2011-2013 “Effect of Russia WTO accession on Russian regions”, for Ernst&Young-Russia, 2012 “Survey of Russian exporters in Manufacturing”, for Academy of National Economy, 2011 “Factors of Diversification”, for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2010-2011 “SUST-RUS: model of sustainable development of Russia”, for European Comission, 2009-2011 “Measuring the Business Environment in Russian Regions”, for Ernst&Young, 2010 “Monitoring of Administrative Barriers for Small Business in Russian Region” 3 2009-2010 (project leader) for Academy of National Economy “Incentives for Implementation of Regulatory Reform— A Comparative Survey of Federal and Regional Government Officials in Russia” for World Bank (2008- 2009) “Evaluation of potential sectoral export diversification of Russian federal okrugs. Forecast of trade flows of federal okrugs till 2020” for Ministry of Regional Development of Russia (2008) “Analysis of potential sectoral diversification of Russian and CIS countries export flows on the basis of revealed comparative advantage” for Ministry of Economy of Russia, 2007 “The development of the methodology for quantitative analysis of the effects of trade agreements on international trade flows and competitiveness of Russian economy” for Ministry of Economy of Russia, 2006 “The development of the strategy of Russia-India economic cooperation till 2010”, for Ministry of Economy of Russia, 2006 “Analysis of the Monetary Policy Impact on the Banking Sector Development”, for Central Bank of Russia, 2005 Work in progress “Capital Structure and Exporting: Evidence from Tariff Changes”, with Olga Kuzmina “Measuring Credit Constraints for Exporters”, with Olga Kuzmina “Export Costs of Visa Restrictions: Case of Visas Mantis” https://sites.google.com/a/nes.ru/nvolchkova/TAL_SP_Feb%202013.pdf?attredirec ts=0 “Searching for Dutch Disease: Evidence from Micro Study”, with Diana Weinhold “Does Media Reporting of Corporate Governance Violations Affect the Careers of Top Managers?” with Patrick Kelly 4.