The Rector

Mstislav Afanasiev

A Roundtable Discussion on the Entrant Enrolment Campaign 2010 at the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper editorial office. (M. Afanasiev participated) (in Russian) An interview with M. Afanasiev (in Russian) М. Afanasiev Appeared in a Russian RBK TV Channel Dialogue Program and Discussed the Budgetary Issues that Had Been Included into a President Medvedev’s Address to the Russian Federation Assembly An interview with M. Afanasiev (ABiK Times, No. 9, 2008 (PDF)) (in Russian) The Budget and the Budget System (A Manual by M. Afanasiev et al) (in Russian) The Fundamentals of the Budget System (A guide by M. Afanasiev) (in Russian)

Professor,
Doctor of Economics

Date of Birth: January 14, 1967

Education

• 1991 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Economics, Degree in Economics. Graduated with honors.
• 1992 - Université Paris 7 and Université Paris 8 (France), Department of Economics, MA in Economics.
• 1994 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Economics, PhD in Economics.
• 1997 - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP) (France), Department of Economics, Doctoral Degree Program, Doctor of Economics.
• 2003 - Institute for Government Procurement of the Higher School of Economics (State University), Advanced Training Program in Government Procurement Management, Moscow.
• 2006 - EHESS, Paris (France), Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR).

Qualifications

• Professional Economist and Lecturer in Political Economy

Civil Service Title

• First Class Full Counselor of State of the Russian Federation (since 1999)

Academic Degrees and Titles

• Doctor of Economics (Russian Federation, 1999).
• Doctor of Economics (France, 1997).
• PhD (Economics) (Russian Federation, 1994).
• MA (Economics) (France, 1992).
• Professor (Russian Federation, 2002).
• HDR (France, 2006).

Employment History (Civil Service Jobs)

• The Center for Economic Reforms of the Government of the Russian Federation
  Head of a Department, Deputy Head of the Center
• Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation
  Head of the Department of Finance, Deputy Chief of Staff, First Deputy Chief of Staff, Acting Chief of Staff
• Accounts Chamber
  First Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff

Employment History (University Jobs)

• The State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
  Professor, Chairman, Department of Finance
• Higher School of Economics (State University), Moscow
  Senior Research Fellow, Professor, Chairman, Department of Public Finance
• Russian Civil Service University of the President of the Russian Federation
  Professor
• l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) (Paris, France)
  Adjunct Professor/Scientific Advisor

Research Interests

• Theory and practice of public and corporate finance
• Macroeconomics

Languages

• English (fluent)
• French (fluent)

Courses Taught

• The Budget and the Budget System
• Public Finance
• Fiscal Policy and Budget Process
• State Fiscal Control Bodies
• Financial Supervision Agencies

Current Employments, Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Member of the Board, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
• Chairman, Department of Finance, the State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
• Chairman, Academic Council, the State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Moscow
• Editor-in-Chief, Finansovy Zhurnal (Journal of Finance) (published by the Budget and Treasury Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation)
• Member, Editorial Board, Ekonomichesky Zhurnal (Journal of Economics) of the Higher School of Economics (State University), Moscow
• Member, Editorial Board, Gosudarstvennoye i Munitsipalnoye Upravleniye (Public and Municipal Management) journal, Moscow
• Chairman, Doctoral Thesis Examination Board, the State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Moscow
• Member, Doctoral Thesis Examination Board, Higher School of Economics (State University), Moscow
• Member, State Commission for Conferring Professor's and Associate Professor’s Degrees, Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science
• Member, Coordination Council for the New Russia’s Personnel Reserve for Research and Education Institutions Federal Program
• Member, American Economic Association (USA)
• Member, French Political Economy Association (France)
• Member, International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF)

Selected Publications

Manuals for Tertiary Degree Students

• Budget System Fundamentals, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2004, 243 pages; 2nd edition, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2009, 228 pages. (The Ministry of Education recommends that the manual be used as a course book to teach the HEI students who major in economic disciplines)
• The Budget and the Budget System (in co-authorship with A. Belenchuk and I. Krivogov), Yurait Publishing House, 777 pages, Moscow, 2009, (preface by A. Kudrin); (The Ministry of Education recommends that the manual be used as a course book to teach the HEI students who major in economics and finance, to teach the students who take advanced courses in economic disciplines and the students who take further education programs in economic disciplines)
• The Budget Development-Related Concepts: The Major Trends. A Handbook/Study-Guide, Moscow, The Publishing House of the Budget and Treasury Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, 2009, 66 pages.
• Public Finance System Modernization (in co-authorship with I. Krivogov), (preface by A. Kudrin), 2nd ed., Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2007, 439 pages; (The Ministry of Education recommends that the manual be used as a course book to teach the HEI students who major in economic disciplines)

Monographs

• Essays on the History of Economic Thought, Moscow, BDTs Publishing House, 2005, 326 pages;
• The Operational Logic of the Shortage Economy, 2^nd ed., revised, Moscow, RAGS Publishing House, 2004, 160 pages, (1^st ed., Moscow, BIT Publishing House, 1991, 182 pages);
• Corporate Management in Russia, Moscow, Interekspert Publishing House, 2000, 448 pages;
• Marketing: the Strategy and the Operations of a Business Enterprise, Moscow, Finstatinform Publishing House, 1995, 214 pages.

Selected Articles

• The Fundamentals of the Modern Budget System: The European Dimension, Finansovy Zhurnal (Journal of Finance) published by the Budget and Treasury Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, 2010, No.1, pp. 5-10
• The Methodology and the Theory Behind the Wagner’s Law. The Approaches Used to Test the Law Wording Correctness, Voprosy Gosudarstvennogo i Munitsipalnogo Upravleniya (Public and Municipal Government Issues), 2009, No. 3. pp. 47-70 (in co-authorship with Ya. Afanasiev)
• The Prerequisites for the Formation of the Public Finance Theory, Voprosy Gosudarstvennogo i Munitsipalnogo Upravleniya (Public and Municipal Government Issues), 2008, No. 2, pp. 50-72, (in co-authorship with I. Krivogov)
• The Financial System of a Law-Governed State, Voprosy Gosudarstvennogo i Munitsipalnogo Upravleniya (Public and Municipal Government Issues), 2007, Vol. 2, No. 2-3, pp. 17-37 (in co-authorship with I. Krivogov)
• Public Finance System Modernization, Voporosy Ekonomiki (Economic Issues), 2006, No. 9, pp. 103-112 (in co-authorship with I. Krivogov)
• Stabilization: The Transparency Issue, BusinessWeek (Russia), 2006, No. 7, p. 62
• Europeization of Russia, BusinessWeek (Russia), 2006, No. 5, p.62
• New Macroeconomics, BusinessWeek (Russia), 2006, No. 1, p.62
• Russian Budget Reform: the Prospects and the Outcomes, Voporosy Ekonomiki, (Economic Issues), 2005, No. 11, pp. 57-70, (in co-authorship with I. Krivogov)
• The Russian Federal Budget: the External Debt Management, Voporosy Ekonomiki, (Economic Issues), 2005, No. 4, pp. 4-22 (in co-authorship with I. Krivogov)
• Result-Oriented Budgeting: The New Trends, Voporosy Ekonomiki (Economic Issues), 2004, No. 9, p. 130.

Synopses of Lectures

• Budget Process Improvement, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2006, p.222
• Federal Budget Reform, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2004, p. 476
• State Fiscal Control, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2002, p. 398
• Fiscal Policy and Budget Process, Parts 1 and 2, Higher School of Economics Publishing House, Moscow, 2000, p. 414

Key Translations from French

• J. Garello, The Illusions of Socialism. (Preface by Yu. Kochevrin), Moscow, Tekst-Master, 1993, p.32 (Translation and afterword by M. Afanasiev)
• B. Chavance, Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe. (Preface by А. Nove), Moscow, Tekst-Master, 1994, p. 160 (Translator, afterword author, managing editor – M. Afanasiev)
• J. Sapir, The New Approaches within the Theory of Individual Preferences and Its Consequences, Ekonomichesky Zhurnal of the Higher School of Economics, 2005, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 325-360 (Translator and science editor – M. Afanasiev)
• J. Sapir, Information Economy: The New Paradigm and Its Boundaries, Ekonomichesky Zhurnal of the Higher School of Economics, 2005, Vol. 10 (Translator and science editor – M. Afanasiev)

References to Prof. Afanasiev’s works are included into the following selected works:

• N. Malis, Topical Manual on the Budget and the Budget System, Finansovy Zhurnal (Journal of Finance) published by the Budget and Treasury Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, 2010, No. 1, pp. 157-162
• V. Mau, M. Afanasiev, I. Krivogov, Public Finance System Modernization, A Textbook, Voporosy Ekonomiki, (Economic Issues), 2007, No. 11
• V. Oreshin, M. Afanasiev, Survey of the History of Economic Thought, Voporosy Ekonomiki, (Economic Issues), 2005, No. 12
• V. Chichkanov, New System of the State Budget Presentation, Voporosy Ekonomiki, (Economic Issues), 2004, No. 5
• V. Mau, On a New Book, Ekonomichesky Zhurnal of the Higher School of Economics, Vol. 8, 2004, No. 2
• V. Oreshin, A New Manual for Financial Experts, Vestnik of the Peoples’ Friendship University (Moscow), Economics series, 2004, No. 1(10), pp.165-166
• V. Pavlov, Recommended Reading, Nalogi, 2004, No. 9
• V. Pavlov, From a Financial Plan to the Modern Era, Ekoniomika i Zhizn, 2004, No. 6
• L. Makarova, Russian Budget System, Ekoniomika i Zhizn, 2004, No. 16
• L. Makarova, A New Manual for the HEIs, Nasha Vlast, 2004, No. 4
• L. Makarova, Budget System Fundamentals, Biznes-obrazovaniye, 2004, No. 3-4
• L. Makarova, A New Book on Budget System has been Issued, Knigotorgovaya Gazeta, 2004, No. 3
• A. Krikunenko, In the Wake of a Comet, Dovereno Zashchishchat, Moskovsky Rabochy, Moscow, 1987, pp. 128-142

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Economist Award (2009)
• Moscow City 850^th Anniversary Medal (1997)
• For the Meritorious Service during the All-Russia Census Period Medal (2002)
• Saint-Petersburg 300^th Anniversary Medal (2003)
• Ministry of Finance 200^th Anniversary Medal (2002)
• Ministry of Defense 200^th Anniversary Badge (2002)
• For Large Contribution in the Work during the All-Russia Census Period Badge (2002)
• Accounts Chamber Certificate of Merit (2004)
• For Meritorious Service Badge from the Extra-departmental Guards Division within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2004)
• Letter of Acknowledgement from the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber (2003)