Egorov, Georgy and Konstantin Sonin. Forthcoming. Dictators and their Viziers: Endogenizing the Loyalty-Competence Trade-off. Journal of European Economic Association.
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Konstantin Sonin
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS & DECISION SCIENCES
Visiting Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
Konstantin Sonin is SUEK Professor of Economics at the New Economic School in Moscow. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Moscow State University, was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard in 2000–01 and a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 2004-2005. His research interests include political economics, transition and development, economic institutions, and economics of media.
In 2002 and 2003, Sonin was awarded the Best Economist award by the President of the Russian Academy of Science. In 2004, he received the Gold Medal of the Global Development Network for his paper on the sources of political demand for bad institutions. His academic papers appeared in leading academic journals such as Review of Economic Studies, American Political Science Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
His column on economics and politics appears weekly in "Vedomosti", the leading Russian business daily, published jointly by WSJ and FT, and forthnightly in The Moscow Times, the main Russia's English-language newspaper. He is a frequent contributor to Russian leading printed and electronic media; his LiveJournal is one of most widely read Russian blogs on economics, politics, and business.
In 2002 and 2003, Sonin was awarded the Best Economist award by the President of the Russian Academy of Science. In 2004, he received the Gold Medal of the Global Development Network for his paper on the sources of political demand for bad institutions. His academic papers appeared in leading academic journals such as Review of Economic Studies, American Political Science Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
His column on economics and politics appears weekly in "Vedomosti", the leading Russian business daily, published jointly by WSJ and FT, and forthnightly in The Moscow Times, the main Russia's English-language newspaper. He is a frequent contributor to Russian leading printed and electronic media; his LiveJournal is one of most widely read Russian blogs on economics, politics, and business.
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Representative Work
"Why Resource-Poor Dictators Allow Freer Media: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data"
"Coalition Formation in Non-Democracies"
- Recent Media Coverage
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia): Falsification Par Excellence - 10/23/2009
St. Petersburg Times (Russia): A Political Shakeup in the Offing - 10/13/2009
Gazeta (Russia): Hitting below the bonus - 9/25/2009
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Articles
Egorov, Georgy, Sergei Guriev and Konstantin Sonin. Forthcoming. Why Resource-Poor Dictators Allow Freer Media: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data. American Political Science Review.
Guriev, Sergei, Anton Kolotilin and Konstantin Sonin. Forthcoming. Determinants of Expropriation in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
Sonin, Konstantin. Forthcoming. Provincial Protectionism. Journal of Comparative Economics.
Acemoglu, Daron, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. 2009. Do Juntas Lead to Personal Rule?. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. 99(2): 298-303.
Guriev, Sergei and Konstantin Sonin. 2009. Dictators and Oligarchs: A Dynamic Theory of Contested Property Rights. Journal of Public Economics. 93(1-2): 1-13.
Acemoglu, Daron, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. 2008. Coalition Formation in Non-Democracies. Review of Economic Studies. 75(4): 987-1009.
Schwarz, Michael and Konstantin Sonin. 2008. A Theory of Brinkmanship, Conflicts, and Commitments. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 24(1): 161-183.
Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane, Konstantin Sonin and Ekatherina Zhuravskaya. 2007. Are Russian Commercial Courts Biased? Evidence from a Bankruptcy Law Transplant . Journal of Comparative Economics. 35(2): 254-277.
Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane and Konstantin Sonin. 2006. Collusive Market-Sharing and Corruption in Procurement. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 15(4): 883-908.
Schoors, Koen and Konstantin Sonin. 2005. Passive Creditors. International Finance. 8(1): 57-86.
Mikoucheva, Anna and Konstantin Sonin. 2004. Information Revelation and Efficiency in Auctions. Economics Letters. 83(3): 277-284.
Sonin, Konstantin. 2003. Why the Rich May Favor Poor Protection of Property Rights. Journal of Comparative Economics. 31(4): 15-31.
Working Papers
Khovanskaya, Irina, Konstantin Sonin and Maria Yudkevich.
Gregory, Paul R., Philipp J. H. Schröder and Konstantin Sonin. Dictators, Repression and the Median Citizen: An 'Eliminations Model' of Stalin's Terror (Data from the NKVD Archives) .
Acemoglu, Daron, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. A Political Theory of Populism.
Egorov, Georgy and Konstantin Sonin. The Killing Game: Reputation and Knowledge in Non-Democratic Succession.
Acemoglu, Daron, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. Equilibria Refinement in Dynamic Voting Games.
Gehlbach, Scott, Konstantin Sonin and Ekatherina Zhuravskaya. Businessman Candidates.
Acemoglu, Daron, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments.
Acemoglu, Daron, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs.
Gehlbach, Scott and Konstantin Sonin. Government Control of the Media.
Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Strategic Management in Non-Market Environments (SEEK-441-0)This course counts toward the following majors: Management & Strategy, Social Enterprise.
The explicit regulations and implicit norms governing a firm's market behavior are determined by myriad social, political, regulatory and legal institutions. These non-market institutions are arenas in which interest groups compete to change the rules to further their goals. This course takes the perspective of managers or consultants who must anticipate how interests and institutions within the non-market environment will react to new issues and develop strategies for affecting outcomes with the goal of improving firm performance. The course introduces students to a set of frameworks and tools that assist managers in non-market analysis and strategy development. Cases focusing on the media, activists, legislatures, regulatory agencies and international trade are used to practice applying the frameworks and formulating effective strategies.
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