Sergei Guriev, chief economist for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will deliver the 2016 Jordan Center Distinguished Lecture on “Transition from Plan to Market: Well-Being and Social Capital in Russia,” at NYU’s School of Law on Tues., Oct. 4.
Sergei Guriev, chief economist for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will deliver the 2016 Jordan Center Distinguished Lecture on “Transition from Plan to Market: Well-Being and Social Capital in Russia,” at NYU’s School of Law on Tues., Oct. 4, 3-5 p.m.
The presentation, hosted by NYU’s Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and followed by a question-and-answer session, will examine the long-term implications of transition on subjective and objective well-being, social capital, and beliefs and attitudes of Russians. Guriev will place his findings in the context of other post-Communist countries and compare them to the trends in well-being in Western Europe, arguing that the transition experience delivers important policy lessons for structural reforms in developed and developing countries.
The event, free and open to the general public, will take place at NYU School of Law’s Lipton Hall, located in D’Agostino Hall, 108 West 3rd Street (between MacDougal and Sullivan Sts.).
To RSVP or for more information, please email jordan.russia.center@nyu.edu or call 212.992.6575.
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