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Research Interests: Political economics, Media, Economic history

Education: PhD in Economics, Harvard University (1999); MSc in Economics, LSE (1994)

Publications: Published in American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, AEJ: Applied Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Business, Journal of Comparative Economics, American Law and Economics Review, and Economics of Transition.

Editorial work: Coeditor of the American Economic Review (2023–present); Managing Co-editor of the Economic Journal (2019–2023); Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Literature (2022–present). Previously Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Comparative Economics, and panel member for Economic Policy.

Honors and Awards:

Doctorate of Science Honoris Causa (Hon DSc), Warwick University, 2025
George Gamow Award, RASA-America, 2024
IEA Fellow Award, International Economic Association, 2023
Foreign Honorary Member, American Economic Association, 2023
Elected Fellow, Econometric Society, 2021
Birgit Grodal Award, 2018–2019
CNRS Silver Medal, 2019
ERC Consolidator Grant, 2015–2020
Montias Prize, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014–2015
Main Prize, Russia’s National Award for Best Research in Applied Economics, 2016
Diploma, Russia’s National Award for Best Research in Applied Economics, 2016
Diploma, Russia’s National Award for Best Research in Applied Economics, 2014
Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2011
International W. Leontief Medal “For Contribution to Economic Reforms,” 2010
Hans Rausing Professorships, 1998–2009
Diploma, Russia’s National Award for Work in Applied Economics, 2010
Best Economist Prize, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002 and 2003
Global Leader for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum (Davos), 2001–2004
Winner, Young Economists Competition, Fifth Nobel Symposium in Economics “The Economics of Transition,” 1999