Politics and Banking in Russia: The Rise of Putin

We examine how state ownership of banks may have contributed to the ascent to power of Vladimir Putin during the Russian presidential elections of March 2000.

Who

Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)

Where

IWH conference room

Personal details

Professor Laurent Weill is Full Professor of Economics at University of Strasbourg (France) and Director of the research center in finance (LaRGE Research Center) of University of Strasbourg. His research interests are Banking Economics, Corporate Finance, Transition Economics, Development Economics and Islamic Finance.

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