Dear colleagues, BAFE doctoral students, undergraduates!

Center for Institutional Research, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (Moscow, Russia) announces a contest of articles for the annual event organized by Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis 2016 (RSSIA 2016), which will take place in the suburbs of Moscow from July 2 to July 8, 2016. The working language of the Summer School is English.

Researchers, graduate students, undergraduates and faculty members are invited to participate.

Priority in the selection of the contestants will be given to research projects in the following areas:

- Public Economics, bureaucracy and government procurement

- Education economy

- Banks and financial markets

- Industrial organizations, government regulation, and law enforcement agencies

- Property rights, institutions, and economic development

RSSIA provides an opportunity to attend lectures of prominent scientists to present your own research work and get feedback from other participants and trainers. Ability to communicate and discuss is under focus of RSSIA. This year, following teachers have already agreed to take part

in RSSIA: John Nye (George Mason University), Koen Schoors (Ghent University) and Michael Rochlitz (HSE). Applications are presented on the site http://russia.hse.ru Applications include the application form, motivation letter (max 300 words) and a description of current research (1500 words) with a brief annotation (200 words).

More about RSSIA and application procedures you can find in the informational letter (see attached file) and visiting official website http://rssia.hse.ru