Куга Яков Тойвович

Education

2000

Degree
St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

CERGE-EI Teaching Development Program, HSE SPb, 2018, 2019
Workshop on soft skills for teaching and research (by William Thompson), HSE SPb, 2018.
Internationl Trade and Inequality (by F. Trionfetty), HSE, 2014
International Trade (by P. Neary), HSE, 2013)
Summer School "Imperfect Markets, New Economic Geography and Spatial Economics" (HSE, CES Laboratory, 2012)
Labor Economics (NES & HSE, 2012)
Contemporary methods in Econometrics (NES & HSE, 2012)
International Trade (NES & HSE, 2012)
Advanced Econometrics (NES & HSE, 2011)
Emprical Industrial Organization: Demand Estimation (NES & HSE, 2011)
Winter School "Economic growth: Mathematical Dimensions", Moscow State University (2011).
NES and HSE short-term courses on game theory (2009) and econometrics(2009, 2010)
Regional Seminar for Excellence of Teaching "Money and Economic growth: Theory and Empirics". NES, 2004-2006.
Summer school in London School of Economics (Advanced microeconomics), 2004
HSE Crash-courses (microeconomics, industrial organization, institutional economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, international economics and econometrics), 2002-2004.
Summer school in Ghent University (marketing), 2001

Research interests

Economics of money and financial markets

Economic history

Courses (2024/2025)

International Trade (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 2 module)Eng
International Trade (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 4 year, 1 module)Eng
Research Seminar I (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 3 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar II (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 4 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conference and workshop presentations

Geography of migrations to towns of franco-german borderland: Evidence from French census of 1911. Presentations:
XXI April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 13-May, 29, 2020 (In Russian): https://events-files-bpm.hse.ru/files/6B2FF037-4610-491D-B50F-F976D1AB780E/geography_of_migrations_ru.ppt

Russian Economic Congress-2020. Information about my presentation and summary of the report are here (in Russian): http://www.econorus.org/con2020/program.phtml?vid=report&eid=3566

Borrowing from standing facilities: A model and evidence from Russia.Presentations:
META 2019 (https://nnov.hse.ru/meta/2019/)
AMEC 2019 (https://amec.hse.ru)
9th Annual CInSt Banking Workshop "Banking in Emerging Markets: Challenges and Opportunities" (https://cinst.hse.ru/en/banking), video (https://cinst.hse.ru/en/Banking2019Video, Part 4)

On usage of French census data. Presentation at 1st Digital Humanities Meet up. 26-27 February 2019. (https://hum.hse.ru/digital/dh_meetup).
Interactions between standing facilities and REPO auctions in the Russian monetary policy. Presentation at XIX April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 10-13, 2018 (In Russian).

The Franco-German border and the spatial distribution of the rural population in the East of France after the Franco-Prussian war. Presentation at XVIII April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 11-14, 2017. (extended abstract: Файл (DOC, 33 Кб))

The Franco-German border and the spatial distribution of the rural population in the East of France after the Franco-Prussian war. Presentation at III Russian Economic Congress, December 19-23, 2016 (In Russian).

Russian Money Market: A Blackboard Model. Presentation at XVI April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 7-10, 2015 (Extended abstract).

Covered interest parity: Evidence from Russian money market. Interim report presentation at 36^th EERC Workshop, Kiev, June 28-30 2014.

Revolutionary activity and Russian 5% 1906 Loan Yield. Presentation at XIV April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 1-4, 2013 (In Russian).

National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation. Presentation at Tenth Swedish Economic History Meeting, Lund, October, 4-5, 2013.

National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation. Presentation at XIV April International Academic Conference Оn Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April, 2-5, 2013 (In Russian).

National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation. Presentation at II Russian Economic Congress, February 18-22, 2013 (In Russian).

Boundaries and Urban Growth: Effects of Alsace and Lorraine Separation. Presentation at XIV ASPE Conference. St. Petersburg State University, November 9-10, 2012 (In Russian).

Interest Rate Trends in Post-Soviet Economies: 2005-2011. Presentation (as a regional expert on Russia) at Partners for Financial Stability workshop, Baku February, 28, 2012.

Economics of Brazil. Presentation at Young Economist Club. St. Petersburg State University of Economics, September, 27, 2010 (In Russian).

On efficiency of regional programs of turism development. Presentation at V conference "Turism and recreation". Moscow State University, April 28-29, 2010 (with Karina V. Kuznecova, in Russian).

On reliability of sacrifice ratio estimates by Ball-type methods. Presentation at EBES 2009 Conference, Istanbul, June 1-3, 2009.

Grants, Research Projects

Determining of social-economic conditions and costs of living in St. Petersburg on minimal wage. (Research coordinated by M.A. Klupt). 2020.

Covered interest parity: evidence from Russian money market, 2013-15, EERC grant 13-5771 (with Elena A Kuzmina) (in process)

Interest Rate Trends in Post-Soviet Economies: 2005-2011, 2011-12 (participation in project of QUABUS Research and Consulting Co financed according to Partners for Financial Stability program as a regional expert).

Overcoming dollarization of the Russian economy - role of institutions and macroeconomic policy, 2001, MPSF grant #005/2-01 (with Demid V. Golikov (project leader) and Anna V. Posessor).

Working experience

2000 - Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Department of Economics, teacher, senior teacher

April 2007 - October 2007 BDO Unicon Consulting, consultant

2005 - 2006 Infomark LLC, marketing analyst

2002 - 2004 BDO Unicon North-West, analyst of Macroeconomic research department

22

Nov

2012

International Research Seminar "Spatial aspects of international trade, and regional growth." Presentation by Iakov Kuga.

On November 22, 2012, MSSE was held public research seminar. Report on the theme "National borders and urban growth: Evidence from Alsace and Lorraine annexation" by Iakov Kuga (HSE, SPb).

Iakov T. Kuga