Headings of the journal
"Economics and Management"

Annotation: The article presents a brief analysis of new types of macroeconomic indicators that are directly related to the level of consumption. Calculations were made and official and unofficial data on the “Big Mac index”, “Borscht set index”, “Olivier index” were presented. А new version of the calculation of existing indices is proposed, a new system for a comprehensive assessment of inflation, incomes and living standards of the population of Russia based on a differentiated approach to different groups of the population.

Annotation: The aim of the article is to study the role of development and identify the main directions of solutions to environmental and technical problems of the Northern Sea Route in the economic activity of the Russian Federation. The article reveals the main strategic ways to promote international cooperation and highly efficient provision of national, regional economy and foreign economic activity. The article analyzes the development of the Arctic transport system, which will not only meet the needs of cargo transportation within the country, but also form a transit corridor between countries. The project of the transport system of the Northern Sea Route (hereinafter the NSR) development and its implementation, which has important geopolitical and economic importance for our country, is studied in detail. Since Russia has access to 3 oceans and 12 seas, thus connecting our country with many countries of the world, and due to the growth trend of international container shipping, there is a need to improve the technology of cargo transportation. The actual problems connected with realization of transit potential, with complicated ice conditions, shallow waters and insufficiency in hydrographic survey of the seabed structure, which do not allow the vessels to move along any routes convenient for them, are considered. The article concludes that the problems of the Northern Sea Route require new, technological solutions to reduce risks and increase the effectiveness of the NSR.

Annotation: The author analyzes the main economic approaches to measuring corruption in her study. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that one of the threats to economic security is still the criminalization of society, including existing corruption ties. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the main economic approaches to measuring corruption in the system of economic security. The object of the study was the existing economic approaches to measuring and evaluating the corruption of foreign scientists-economists. Corruption was defined through four categories: public administration, government revenue, and human development. This led to the conclusion that the unifying feature and the main cause of corruption is the satisfaction of “selfish interest” and the derivation of benefits. The study of various economic approaches to measuring corruption led the author to the conclusion that it is necessary to create such a model of anti-corruption monitoring in the regions, which would identify the areas most susceptible to corruption.

Annotation: Inter-regional and inter-municipal cooperation plays an important role in reducing the socio-economic differentiation of Russian territories. Despite all the available forms of cooperation between regions and municipalities, it should be noted that it is underdeveloped and needs improvement. This article considers such a mechanism of inter-regional and inter-municipal interaction as horizontal inter-budgetary transfers, which are the movement of funds between territories of the same level. The main forms and directions of regional and municipal cooperation, the specifics of horizontal subsidies at the municipal level, as well as the experience of using this mechanism in the framework of inter-regional interaction, in particular during the implementation of infrastructure projects were briefly considered during the investigation. According to the results of the study, the main shortcomings in the use of this mechanism were identified, and a number of measures for its improvement were proposed.

Annotation: The main principle of the state tariff policy is to ensure a satisfaction balance of the economic interests of all electricity market participants. On the one hand, the sustainable financial condition of default electricity suppliers should be ensured. On the other hand, the retail markups growth of default electricity suppliers should not exceed the target parameters of socio-economic development set by state institutions, especially in terms of controlling inflationary processes within the target level. One of the ways to achieve a balance of interests was yardstick regulation methods. In 2018, the FAS Russia introduced a benchmarking comparative method to impose setting default electricity suppliers retail markups (one of the types of reference regulation). Evaluation of the first results of the implementation of this method was the aim of this article. As part of the assessment, the authors examined existing scientific experience. The result of this study was the identified lack of research on the impact of the new pricing model on participants, primarily retail electricity markets. The authors set the task of comprehensively assessing the results of the initial stage of applying the yardstick pricing principles in relation to the default electricity suppliers activities regulation. As part of this work, the authors analyzed the impact of the introduction of yardstick regulation on the default electricity suppliers operating results, the financial condition of this electricity sector, and the pay level in the electricity markets. The authors also identified the main yardstick regulation application problems in relation to default electricity suppliers and suggested ways to solve them. These conclusions can become the basis for refining the benchmarking comparative method of default electricity suppliers and for testing new regulatory rules when expanding the method to new areas of regulation.