Welcome to my personal website!

I am the Head of the Laboratory for Institutional Analysis at Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

I am an economic historian with special interest in Russian economic history of the Imperial period. I study the formation of human capital, knowledge and technology diffusion, and sources of institutional divergence across space and time.  Most of my research focuses on Eastern Europe as an example of catching-up economies developing through technology adoption and often-late institutional reforms. This setting allows me to explore various interconnectioins between the main factors of long-run economic growth – geography, technological innovations, and institutional change. 

I teach World Economic History and Institutional Economics at Higher School of Economics and at Moscow State University.

You can contact me by email: timur.natkhov at hse.ru

Address: Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Pokrovskiy boulevard 11, office G-506.