Statistical Results of the Third Russian Economic Congress (Moscow, MV Lomonosov MSU Economics Faculty, December 19-23, 2016)

Third Russian Economic Congress was held in Moscow at December, 19th - 23rd. It consisted of 19 thematic conferences with 642 reports and 9 round tables with 34 speakers. On this Congress as on previous ones representatives from Moscow and Moscow region prevailed. Other core cities include Saint-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Ufa and Khabarovsk. This Congress was characterized by the rising share of representatives from academic institutions comparing with high school and universities. The leading institution in terms of representatives was MV Lomonosov Moscow state University, which replaced Higher School of Economics that had taken first place during first two congresses. Participants noted the increase in the quality of reports, which was caused, among other things, by a more stringent selection of papers.