The article deals with nominal and real inflation, both in the whole country and in various sectors of Russia, including individual product groups, and identifies the main trends of inflation processes. The authors made an attempt to assess the impact of anti-inflationary measures taken in different countries on the level of social stratification of the population using nonparametric criteria. The results of the study clearly demonstrate that the use of monetary policy measures to control inflation in different countries does not reduce the proportion of the population with incomes below the subsistence level. Economic factors are not the only drivers of the human capital development and the rise of living standards. Therefore, institutional reforms must have not only a general economic effect but also the effect of social utility. The aim of the study is to identify and quantify the impact of inflation policies on human development in developed and developing countries. To achieve this goal, the work has set and solved the following tasks: real and nominal inflation rates in Russia as a whole for the past 6 years have been assessed; consumer inflation rates for individual commodity groups have been estimated; the use of nonparametric methods of assessing the impact of anti — inflationary policies on the proportion of the population with incomes below the subsistence level has been proposed and tested. The methodological basis of this article comprises economic and statistical methods of analysis, including the use of nonparametric methods and criteria for assessing non-quantitative indicators in small samples, methods of generalizing indicators, and comparison methods. The work analyzes the relationship between the GDP deflator index and the poverty level using the 2 χ -test, Chuprov coefficient and Wolfe criterion with the amendment of Yates. With the use of nonparametric estimates it was established that at present, the main levers of the state policy should be directed not so much at the economic efficiency but at the development of the potential of each participant in the economy. Nonparametric methodology sufficiently allows us to evaluate the hypothesis of homogeneity and the assertion of independence of the applied anti-inflationary measures for solving social problems facing any state.

The condition of national economy is substantially determined by the level of economic development of certain regions in the country. Adaptive capability of separate regional economy of external and internal risk damping depends on features of its structure which forms inertially under the impact of managerial influence from the authorities depending on three main managerial objectives of forming the structure of regional economy: bringing the structure of regional economy to a uniform state, individualization of this structure or strategy assuming integration of regions with the differing structure to macroregions. In the article the hypothesis of the assessment possibility of managerial impact by means of the indicators characterizing rapprochement or a discrepancy of the gross regional product (GRP) structure within one federal district is considered. The research of the structure of the given indicator at the subjects of the Southern Federal District for the period 2005–2015 is conducted using an index method, including calculation of the Szalai index and the index of structure offered by the author. It did not reveal a significant effect on change of the structure of GRP subjects in the analysed period. It provides with the possibility to speak about weakness or lack of purposeful managerial impact on this indicator from the district level of the power. In the federal district obvious tendencies to more balanced participation of regions in creation of total amount of GRP are not revealed. Due to the universality and high sensitivity of the received results, the formulated algorithm of calculation of the structure index, is acceptable for convergence determination of the structure of regional economies on the basis of the GRP structure indicator and can be applied in other federal districts of Russia.

The relevance of the chosen topic is connected to the fact that in the conditions of value-based management, market capitalization acts as a key indicator of the company efficiency. At the present time, when the Russian oil and gas industry has become the object of international sectoral sanctions, the identification of the impact of these sanctions on the domestic oil and gas companies’ value is of great practical importance. The article considers the cost of oil and gas companies and the impact of sectoral sanctions and negative dynamics of oil prices. The study was conducted using econometric modeling tools. For analysis 4 of the oil company with the largest market share, namely PJSC “Rosneft Oil Company”, PJSC “LUKOIL”, JSC “Gazprom Neft” and PJSC “Tatneft”, which in the aggregate represent 62% of the entire Russian oil industry, were selected. The features of valuation of Russian oil and gas companies are covered. The sanctions in the oil and gas industry of the Russian Federation are considered, the consequences of their introduction and the fall of the world oil price are analysed. The analysis to determine the impact of the cost of oil and gas companies from international sanctions and oil prices. It was found that in the oil industry market capitalization depends directly on the price of oil, and in the gas industry this impact is absent. It was discovered that due to the low level of oil prices, the sanctions did not have a significant influence on the cost of oil and gas companies.

The problem of increasing transparency and elimination of corruption component in procurement is the most acute in the recent 10 years. The purpose of this study is to analyse the changes in the methods of calculating the initial (maximum) contract price (IMCP) through the introduction of reference prices and the analysis of the possibility of using reference pricing in the residential real estate market in the construction of social housing by the state. For reference pricing, prices for similar products are used for comparison. To achieve the given goal, there was carried an analysis of the legal act in the healthcare sector, which entered into force in October 2017 (Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation dated 26.10.2017 No. 871n “On approval of the procedure for determining the initial (maximum price) contract, the price of the contract concluded with a single supplier (contractor, performer), in the procurement of medicines for medical use”) and for the first time containing the concept of “reference price”, and also there were identified the main shortcomings of the existing unified state information system in the field of healthcare, which is proposed to be used as a basis for calculating reference prices and to other areas of procurement activities, in addition to healthcare. As a result of the conducted study, the methodology of reference pricing in the housing market was presented, and a proposal was made to attract evaluating companies and the institute of evaluation in general to carry out calculations on the economic value formation of different housing types for a particular segment of consumers. Transfer to the institute of evaluation of all issues, concerning reference pricing in the public housing construction market will enable to improve the level and quality of life of the population and to minimize the budget due to the increase in the price reliability level.

The paper reviews crisis communications as the main marketing instrument of corporate anti-crisis management in its operational practice affected by the global oversupply of generic products, free access to data bases and availability of equal technical feasibility of competing agents, which lays special emphasis on intangible assets whose monetary value is proportionate to the quality of external corporate communications. Combining the mechanisms of anti-crisis management, public relations technologies, communication technologies and risk-management techniques in the modern volatile environment, crisis communication management is a generalized instrument which naturally creates the value of intangible assets, hence the company’s goodwill. The article presents the examples of successful use of crisis communications for the increase of their own capitalization by investment and financial organizations, telecommunications companies, internet providers and software developers, i. e. companies specializing in non-tangible assets and relying on the efficient use of crisis communications.

The purpose of the article is to assess the effectiveness of public policy implementation in the public healthcare sector in comparison to the civil service system development in the health management body. The hypothesis supposes logical compliance of processes in the development of the public healthcare sector and civil service management body, which administers the given sector. The key methodology used is factor analysis, connected with reference to statistic indices, which characterize the sector development and determine the degree of influence on the general development tendency. The article offers integral indices for the effectiveness evaluation of the healthcare management system. It is revealed that the growth of healthcare development indices took place simultaneously with a similar increase in the index values in the system of public service. All the indices used are independent, so the simultaneous index growth and decline reflect the existence of an objective empirical pattern. The lowest values of the healthcare development index were marked in 1999–2003, the same index values were noted in 1991 and 2014, 1985 and 2016. It was proved that during post-Soviet years the real development in healthcare did not occur. For all the years analysed the value of public service development index in health management bodies decreased by 6%. The civil service system evolved unstably and generally functions today at a level comparable to the early 1990s, but worse than the mid — 1980s. It can be concluded that the healthcare sector is currently developing at a faster pace than the civil healthcare management body.

The article regards the effectiveness of state business regulation proving the falsity of liberal ideas of minimizing the state participation in economic processes; the role of extractive institutes in the differentiation of the Russian society. It also studies the practicability of the introduction of inclusive institutes into the Russian society and gives their main characteristics. The article regards the error actions of the state during the transition to the market economy including deindustrialization, privatization of the public property, etc., and their economic impact on the market economy agents and population. The research proves the necessity of revitalization of investment processes and their financial support from the Government and big business. The article also regards the practicability of using the ‘developing state’ model, combining market instruments with active State participation; revitalization of the innovative processes in high-tech industries, including machine building; and what is of the utmost importance in the “digital revolution” — the development of nanotechnologies, biologically engineered technologies, and information-communication technologies reinforced with added participation of the Russian big business.

The subject of research is the institute of regulatory impact assessment, implemented in the sphere of state regulation of economy in post-Soviet countries. The research aims to analyze the main approaches to the implementation of the regulatory impact assessment in the post-Soviet countries — Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, as well as to determine the prospects of development of this institute in the countries included in the analyzed set. Using the methodology of comparative research, the study collates the concept content of “regulatory impact assessment” in some of the post-soviet countries, the structure of the objects of assessment and government levels, at which it is performed. The research analyzes the methodological framework of the regulatory impact assessment and models of the organization of monitoring and quality control of regulatory impact assessment in the countries from the analyzed set. The paper characterizes the role of the regulatory impact assessment in the system of state regulation of economy in the countries of post-Soviet space, identifies the general and specific features in the functioning of the mechanisms of regulatory impact assessment in the analyzed countries, describes the problems of assessment in the activities of state authorities and local selfgovernment, and substantiates the development prospects of the institute of the regulatory impact assessment. The research provides findings on the need for improving the quality of the existing methodological support of the regulatory impact assessment, the lack of methodical approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of this institution, the risks of formalizing procedures of the regulatory impact assessment, and the feasibility of the regulatory impact assessment “integration” in the national strategy to encourage business and economic growth. Moreover, the paper notes that at the present stage of the development of the regulatory impact assessment institute little attention is paid to finding alternative solutions which require government interference in the economy.

The key parameter that determines the competitiveness of modern organizations, regions, countries and individuals is the level of formed and accumulated human capital as an integral assessment of the investment result in the stock of knowledge, skills, physical health, innovative potential. In recent years, the study of trends in the formation and effective use of human capital in the Russian economy has become particularly relevant in complex studies. The purpose of this study is analysis of the factors affecting the human capital formation in the Russian Federation. The study methods include statistical and dynamic analysis, synthesis. The information and empirical base of the study included the materials of the Federal State Statistics service, analytical materials of research institutes, materials of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE). As a result, there were revealed the quantitative characteristics of the human capital of the Russian Federation, necessary for the analysis and determination of effective actions aimed at the formation of human capital in the Russian environment, taking into account the sectoral and regional characteristics of the competitiveness of personnel, enterprises, industries, regions. Furthermore, the identification of the institutional environment factors that determine significant long-term changes in the quality of human capital was carried. The analytical study of the main factors of human capital formation identified the key problems of the process: the reduction of the natural population growth level, the population health (the increase in the number of patients with serious socially significant diseases), the low level of organization innovative activity and insufficient funding for research and development, sectoral and territorial differentiation in payment for labour and as a consequence the unbalanced distribution of labour resources.

Public expertise is now becoming an important element of public administration within the concept of open government, allowing to develop strategic plans and programs for the state development. Without the use of network and global communications, it is impossible to organize the expertise with the participation of a large number of specialists. However, the existing network methods of public expertise are not effective, what indicates the relevance of technology study for the organization of public expertise. The purpose of the given article is to study the possibility of using collective intelligence technologies for the organization of public expertise. The research was initiated by the need to study the possibility of using public expertise in the activities of distributed situation centres, which are the basis of public administration. In this regard, a comparative analysis of public and professional expertise was carried out. Possibility of the transfer of the professional expert technology for public expertise was shown. It enables to apply the competence approach and the technologies of collective intelligence for public expertise. The substantiation of the convergence of public and professional expertise allowed to reveal the basic principles of the public expertise organization on the basis of collective intelligence technologies. Among such principles there are: the requirement of closeness of expert communities; participation of representatives of science and practice in the public expertise; competence approach; joint collaborative activities and constant mutual rating of experts. The formulated principles of the organization of public expertise are given in comparison with the use of crowdsourcing. At present, there is a certain disappointment in the use of network methods for the organization of public expertise due to the limited crowdsourcing technologies. The proposed approach to the use of collective intelligence technologies will change the attitude to public expertise as an effective and efficient management tool in the use of open government tools.