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Leonid Polishchuk
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Dr Polishchuk is an economist with broad experience in research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and teaching. His main areas of professional expertise include- Institutional reform and development
- Civil society development
- Federal-provincial relations
- Political economy of transition
- Public sector economics
- Economics of regulation
- Legal and regulatory reform
- Privatization
- Fiscal and public sector reform
- Social programs and poverty reduction
For more than 10 years, Dr Polishchuk has led policy analysis, research, and technical assistance projects on economic transition and development, public policy making, and legal and regulatory reform. Much of these efforts were aimed at strengthening countries’ capacity to conduct their own economic research and education.
Dr Polishchuk conducts or supervises collaborative studies of policy-relevant issues and works with newly-established universities and think tanks to introduce modern standards and tools of economic analysis, management, and accounting procedures — facilitating the creation of national and international networks of think tanks and policy analysts.
Dr Polishchuk’s work with government officials and public servants included reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations, decentralization of legal and policy reform, economic deregulation and regulatory impact assessment, and reform of university economic curricula.
He has authored and co-authored over 40 publications. |
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Expertise
Post-communist economic transition
Institutional reforms
Law and economics
Economics of decentralized government
Economic policy “think tanks” development
and networking
Economic curriculum reform
Small enterprise regulatory environment |
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Education
PhD, Economics, Institute of Economics and Industrial Organization, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1981
MS, Applied Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, 1973 |
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Previous Positions
Visiting Professor of Economics, New Economic School
Visiting Professor of Political Science, California Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia
Senior Research, Head of Laboratory of Regional Economic Analysis, Institute of Economic and Industrial Organization
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics Novosibirsk State University |
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Selected Publications
Polishchuk, L. (2001). Legal Initiatives of Russian Regions: Determinants and Effects. In: P. Murrell (Ed.), The Value of Law in Transition Economies, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2001, pp. 330-368.
Polishchuk, L. (2001). Small Business in Russia : Institutional Environment. IRIS Working Paper, 240. College Park: IRIS Center, University of Maryland.
Polishchuk, L., & Savvateev, A. (2001). Spontaneous (Non) Emergence of Property Rights. IRIS Working Paper, 241. College Park: IRIS Center, University of Maryland.
Polishchuk, L. (2001). Political Economy of Scale and Endogenous Rule of Law. Kiev: Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC).
Polishchuk, L. (1998). Missed Markets: Implications for Economic Behavior and Institutional Change. In Nelson, J. , Tilly, C., & Walker, L. (Eds.). Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. pp.80-101.
Polishchuk, L. (1997). Russian Civil Society. IRIS Working Paper, 202. College Park: IRIS Center, University of Maryland.
Polishchuk, L. (1996). Russian Federalism: Economic Reform and Political Behavior. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology.
Polishchuk, L. (1996). Input Market Development, Property Rights, and Extra-Market Re-Distribution. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology. |
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An economist, Dr Polishchuk has designed and led technical assistance and research projects in a number of post-communist countries, with a focus on economic transition and development, public policy making, and legal and regulatory reform.
E-mail: lpol@iris.umd.edu
Location: College Park
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