Research

Working papers

Sergei Guriev, Emeric Henry, Théo Marquis, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2023). "Curtailing False News, Amplifying Truth." Revise and Resubmit, Econometrica.

De Haas, Ralph, Sergei Guriev, and Alexander Stepanov (2022).  "State Ownership and Corporate Leverage Around the World." Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Corporate Finance.

Papers in refereed journals

Aksoy, Cevat, Sergei Guriev, and Daniel Treisman. “Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide." Forthcoming, Journal of Politics.

Fisman, Raymond J.,  Sergei Guriev, Carolin Ioramashvili, and Alexander Plekhanov (2024). "Corruption and Firm Growth: Evidence from around the World." Economic Journal 134(660): 1494–1516.

Cheremukhin, Anton, Mikhail Golosov, Sergei Guriev, and Aleh Tsyvinski (2024). “The Political Development Cycle: The Right and the Left in People’s Republic of China from 1953.”, American Economic Review, 114(4): 1107-39.

Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina (r) Sergei Guriev (r) Andrei Markevich (2024). "New Russian Economic History." Journal of Economic Literature 62(1):47-114.

Ajzenman, Nicolas, Cevat Aksoy, and Sergei Guriev (2022). “Exposure to Transit Migration, Public Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship among the Native Population." Journal of Development Economics 158: 102899.

Emeric Henry (r) Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (r) Sergei Guriev (2022). “Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 14 (3), 55-86.

Sergei Guriev and Elias Papaioannou (2022). "The Political Economy of Populism." Journal of Economic Literature 60(3): 753-832.

Philippe Aghion, Sergei Guriev, and Kangchul Jo (2021). “Chaebols and firm dynamics in Korea.” Economic Policy 36(108): 593-626.

Sergei Guriev (r) Nikita Melnikov (r) Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2021). “3G Internet and Confidence in Government.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 136(4): 2533-2613.

Adsera, Alicia, Dalla Pozza, Francesca, Guriev, Sergei, Kleine-Rueschkamp, Lukas, and Nikolova, Elena (2021). “Transition from plan to market, height and well-being.” Economic Policy 36(105): 77-120.

Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman (2020). “The popularity of authoritarian leaders: A cross-national investigation." World Politics 72(4): 601-638.

Sergei Guriev (2020). “Labor market performance and the rise of populism.” IZA World of Labor 2020: 479 doi: 10.15185/izawol.479

Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman (2020). “A Theory of Informational Autocracy.” Journal of Public Economics 186: 104158 

Barrera, Oscar, Sergei Guriev, Emeric Henry and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2020). “Facts, Alternative Facts, and Fact Checking in Times of Post-Truth Politics.” Journal of Public Economics 182: 104123.

Ananyev, Maxim, and Sergei Guriev (2019). “The effect of income on trust: the evidence from 2009 crisis in Russia.” Economic Journal 129(619): 1082-1118.

Guriev, Sergei, and Daniel Treisman (2019). “Informational Autocrats.”  Journal of Economic Perspectives 33(4): 100-127. 

Guriev, Sergei, Biagio Speciale, and Michele Tuccio (2019). "How Do Regulated and Unregulated Labor Markets Respond to Shocks? Evidence from Immigrants During the Great Recession." Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 35(1), pp. 37–76.

Guriev, Sergei (2019) "Gorbachev vs. Deng: A Review of Chris Miller’s The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy." Journal of Economic Literature 57(1), pp. 120-46.

Guriev, Sergei, and Nikita Melnikov (2018). “Happiness Convergence in Transition Countries.” Journal of Comparative Economics 46(3), pp. 683-707.

Guriev, Sergei (2018). “Economic Drivers of Populism.” American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 108, pp. 200-203.

Guriev, Sergei (2018). “Soft Budget Constraints and State Capitalism.” Acta Oeconomica 68 (S), pp. 115–124. [Special Issue in Honor of Janos Kornai]

Algan, Yann, Sergei Guriev, Elias Papaioannou, and Evgenia Passari (2017) "The European Trust Crisis and the Rise of Populism." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 48(2), pp. 309-400.

Cheremukhin, Anton, Mikhail Golosov, Sergei Guriev, and Aleh Tsyvinski (2017). “The Industrialization and Economic Development of Russia through the Lens of a Neoclassical Growth Model." Review of Economic Studies 84(2): 613-649.

Guriev, Sergei, and Nikita Melnikov (2016). “War, Inflation, and Social Capital.” American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 106(5): 230-235.

Guriev, Sergei, and Mikhail Klimenko (2015). “Duration and Term Structure of Trade Agreements.” Economic Journal, 125(589): 1818-1849. 

Sergei Guriev and Elena Vakulenko (2015). “Breaking Out of Poverty Traps: Internal Migration and Interregional Convergence in Russia.” Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(3), 633-649.

Bhattacharya, Sudipto, and Sergei Guriev (2013). “Control rights over intellectual property”. Journal of Industrial Economics, LXI(3), 564-591.

Friebel, Guido, and Sergei Guriev (2012). “Earnings manipulation and incentives in firms.” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 21(4), 1007-1027.

Guriev, Sergei, Anton Kolotilin,  and Konstantin Sonin (2011). “Determinants of Expropriation in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 27(2), 301-323.

Guriev, Sergei, Evgeny Yakovlev and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2010). “Interest Group Politics in a Federation.” Journal of Public Economics, 94(9-10), 730-748.

Egorov, Georgy, Sergei Guriev, and Konstantin Sonin (2009). “Why Resource-Poor Dictators Allow Freer Media: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data.” American Political Science Review, 103(4), 645-668.

Guriev, Sergei, and Dmitriy Kvasov (2009). "Imperfect competition in financial markets and capital structure." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 72(1), 131-146.

Guriev, Sergei, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2009). “(Un)Happiness in Transition.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 23(2), 143-68.

Guriev, Sergei and Konstantin Sonin (2009). “Dictators and Oligarchs: A Dynamic Theory of Contested Property Rights.” Journal of Public Economics, 93, 1–13. [lead article]

Friebel, Guido, Sergei Guriev, Russell Pittman, Elizaveta Shevyakhova, Anna Tomova (2007). “Railroad Restructuring in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: One Solution for All Problems?”  Transport Reviews, 27(3), 251-271.

Bhattacharya, Sudipto, and Sergei Guriev (2006). “Knowledge disclosure, patents and the optimal organization of R&D”. Journal of European Economic Association, 4(6), 1112-1147.

Friebel, Guido, and Sergei Guriev (2006). “Smuggling humans: A theory of debt-financed migration.” Journal of European Economic Association, 4(6), 1085-1111.

Guriev, Sergei, and Dmitriy Kvasov (2005). “Contracting on time.” American Economic Review, 5(5), 1369-1385.

Friebel, Guido, and Sergei Guriev (2005). "Should I stay or can I go: attachment of workers through in-kind payments", World Bank Economic Review, 19(2), 175-202.

Guriev, Sergei, and Andrei Rachinsky (2005). “The Role of Oligarchs in Russian Capitalism.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2005, 131-150.

Guriev, Sergei (2004). “Red tape and corruption.” Journal of Development Economics 73(2), 489-504. [lead article]

Guriev, Sergei, and Dmitriy Kvasov (2004). “Barter for price discrimination.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22(3), 329-350.

Andrienko, Yuri, and Sergei Guriev (2004). “Determinants of Interregional Labor Mobility in Russia.” Economics of Transition 12(1), 1-27. [lead article]

Guriev, Sergei (2003). “Incomplete Contracts with Cross-Investments.” Contributions to Theoretical Economics, Berkeley Electronic Journals on Theoretical Economics, 3(1), Article 5.

Guriev, Sergei, Igor Makarov and Mathilde Maurel (2002). “Debt Overhang and Barter in Russia.” Journal of Comparative Economics, 30(4), 635-656. [lead article]

Guriev, Sergei (2001). “On Microfoundations of Yaari’s Dual Theory of Choice.” Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, 26(2), 117-137.