Vladimir Otrachshenko, PhD in Economics
Senior Researcher
I hold a Phd in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal. I am generally interested in an applied microeconometrics research with policy implications. In my research I apply latent variable, latent class, factor mixture models, event studies, and diff-in-diff approaches. I am also interested in conducting field experiments to reveal the economic value of public goods.
My research interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Climate Change, Non-market Valuation of Public Goods, Health and Population Economics, Development Economics, Field Experiments, and Quality of Life.
Published and Forthcoming Papers:
Rainfall Variability and Labor Allocation in Uzbekistan: The Role of Women’s Empowerment, Post-Soviet Affairs 40(2), 2024 (with O. Popova, N. Alimukhamedova)
Informal Network as a Coping Strategy in the Climate-livestock Relationship, Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57(1), 2024 (with S. Ilyas, N. Alimukhamedova)
Energy Efficiency, Market Competition, and Quality Certification: Lessons from Central Asia, Energy Policy 177, 2023 (with C. Hartwell, O. Popova)
Media: Eurasianet
Does Democracy Protect the Environment? The Role of the Arctic Council, Climatic Change 176, 2023 (with A. Mavisakalyan, O. Popova)
Double-edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communist Regime Affiliations on Well-being and Preferences, Journal of Population Economics 36, 2023 (with M. Nikolova, O. Popova)
COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship Entry and Exit: Opportunity amidst Adversity, Technology in Society 71, 2022 (with O. Popova, M. Nikolova, E. Tyurina)
The Economic Value of the Glass Beach: Contingent Valuation and Life Satisfaction Approaches, Ecological Economics 198, 2022 (with E. Tyurina, A. Nagapetyan)
Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust, Journal of Public Economics 208(4), 2022 (with M. Nikolova, O.Popova)
Blog: Brookings
Does Weather Sharpen Income Inequality in Russia?, Review of Income and Wealth 68, 2022 (with O.Popova)
Fire Takes No Vacation: Impact of Fires on Tourism, Environment and Development Economics 27(1), 2022 (with L. C. Nunes)
The OECD report (2023) (here)
Can Bribery Buy Health? Evidence from Post-communist Countries, Journal of Comparative Economics 49(4), 991-1007, 2021 (with A. Mavisakalyan, O. Popova)
Waxing Power, Waning Pollution: The Effect of COVID-19 on Russian Environmental Policymaking, Ecological Economics 184, 2021 (with C. Hartwell, O. Popova)
Extreme Temperature and Extreme Violence: Evidence from Russia, Economic Inquiry 59(1), 243-262, 2021 (with O. Popova, J. Tavares)
VoxEU column based on this paper Media: Mittelbayerische Zeitung, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Misfortunes Never Come Singly: Consecutive Weather Shocks and Mortality in Russia, Economics & Human Biology 31, 249-258, 2018 (with O. Popova, P. Solomin)
Media: Izvestiya, Vesti, RIA News
On Natures’ Shoulders: Riding the Big Waves in Nazaré, Tourism Economics 24(4), 369-385, 2018 (with M. A. Cunha-e-Sá, L. C. Nunes, and Rita Freitas)
Related: Policy Brief Media: Correio da Manhã, DN, Jornal da Economia do Mar, Cister Região ( in Portuguese)
Health Consequences of the Russian Weather, Ecological Economics 132, 290-306, 2017 (with O. Popova, P. Solomin)
Media: Indicator
Psychological Costs of Currency Transition: Evidence from the Euro Adoption, European Journal of Political Economy 45, 89-100, 2016 (with O. Popova, J. Tavares)
Fishing for answers? Impacts of Marine Ecosystem Quality on Tourism Demand, Tourism Economics 23(5), 963-980, 2017 (with F. Bosello)
Accounting for Response Biases in Latent Class Models for Choices and Attitudes, Land Economics 92(3), 586-603, 2015 (with L. C. Nunes, M. A. Cunha-e-Sá)
Life (Dis)satisfaction and the Intention to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, Journal of Socio-Economics 48, 40-49, 2014 (with O. Popova)
Protesting and Justifying: A Latent Class Model for Contingent Valuation with Attitudinal Data, Environmental and Resource Economics 52, 531-548, 2012 (with L. C. Nunes, M. A. Cunha-e-Sá, and L. M. Madureira)
Policy Briefs:
Climate Change and Russia: Can Russia Afford Climate Change? Russian Analytical Digest 243, 11 Dec. 2019 (with O. Popova)
Kann sich Russland den Klimawandel leisten? Russland-Analysen Nr. 317, 06 Nov. 2019 (with O. Popova)
Book chapter:
Economics of the Environment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, The Oxford Handbook of Post-Socialist Economics in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, edited by Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, Oxford University Press, 2024.
Religion and Happiness, Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer.
Contribution:
Decentralization, p. 108-109, Dictionary of Ecological Economics (2023), Edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Working Papers:
Societal costs of inflation and unemployment.
More interesting papers will be available soon!