{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2172575693","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/589656","title":"Postcommunist Oligarchs in Russia: Quantitative Analysis","display_name":"Postcommunist Oligarchs in Russia: Quantitative Analysis","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2172575693","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/589656","mag":"2172575693"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1086/589656","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/589656","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1086/589656","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S998097505","display_name":"The Journal of Law and Economics","issn_l":"0022-2186","issn":["0022-2186","1537-5285"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315672","host_organization_name":"University of Chicago Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315672","https://openalex.org/P4310315690"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["University of Chicago Press","University of Chicago"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Journal of Law and Economics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026532435","display_name":"Serguey Braguinsky","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3977-7848","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3977-7848"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Serguey Braguinsky","raw_affiliation_strings":["Carnegie Mellon University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Carnegie Mellon University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5026532435"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.3874,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":81,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97220673,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"52","issue":"2","first_page":"307","last_page":"349"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13186","display_name":"Russia and Soviet political economy","score":0.9463000297546387,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13186","display_name":"Russia and Soviet political economy","score":0.9463000297546387,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14433","display_name":"Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition","score":0.05310000106692314,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11042","display_name":"Corruption and Economic Development","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nomenklatura","display_name":"nomenklatura","score":0.8109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/oligarchic-capitalism","display_name":"oligarchic capitalism","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/russian-transition","display_name":"Russian transition","score":0.5040000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/elite-careers","display_name":"elite careers","score":0.5130000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/jewish-entrepreneurs","display_name":"Jewish entrepreneurs","score":0.4560000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-government-relations","display_name":"state-business relations","score":0.6209999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/post-soviet-russia","display_name":"post-Soviet Russia","score":0.5049999952316284}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778971194","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1664551","display_name":"Insider","level":2,"score":0.880431056022644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C522996594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79751","display_name":"Oligarchy","level":4,"score":0.7960476279258728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555826173","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7174","display_name":"Democracy","level":3,"score":0.5057766437530518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.48252078890800476},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.4479052722454071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C514928085","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6206","display_name":"Capitalism","level":3,"score":0.44155120849609375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3279291093349457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.3240423798561096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.11242061853408813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.10502016544342041},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1086/589656","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1086/589656","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1086/589656","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S998097505","display_name":"The Journal of Law and Economics","issn_l":"0022-2186","issn":["0022-2186","1537-5285"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315672","host_organization_name":"University of Chicago Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315672","https://openalex.org/P4310315690"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["University of Chicago Press","University of Chicago"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Journal of Law and Economics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:chicagounbound.uchicago.edu:jle-2242","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/jle/vol52/iss2/5","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407064349","display_name":"bepress Legal Repository","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Law and Economics","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.47620001435279846,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W580940810","https://openalex.org/W1498270038","https://openalex.org/W1525524957","https://openalex.org/W1529105775","https://openalex.org/W1548424130","https://openalex.org/W1550902027","https://openalex.org/W1883896725","https://openalex.org/W1986249525","https://openalex.org/W2002030205","https://openalex.org/W2058399467","https://openalex.org/W2059308736","https://openalex.org/W2066070838","https://openalex.org/W2114179330","https://openalex.org/W2133096243","https://openalex.org/W2252533511","https://openalex.org/W2586394972","https://openalex.org/W2752710160","https://openalex.org/W3121235470","https://openalex.org/W3122596610","https://openalex.org/W3124218664","https://openalex.org/W3125262783","https://openalex.org/W3125897218","https://openalex.org/W3126088529","https://openalex.org/W3126138711","https://openalex.org/W4238457990","https://openalex.org/W4298186680","https://openalex.org/W4301171116"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7070277960","https://openalex.org/W4235308106","https://openalex.org/W3167482948","https://openalex.org/W7095639921","https://openalex.org/W2488796894","https://openalex.org/W2611974435","https://openalex.org/W2084781772","https://openalex.org/W4253922938","https://openalex.org/W7061025736","https://openalex.org/W2314881998"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,76],"transition":[1],"in":[2,25,105,108],"Russia":[3],"has":[4,21],"not":[5],"been":[6],"a":[7,11,26,66],"revolutionary":[8],"jump":[9],"to":[10,72,103],"market":[12],"economy":[13],"and":[14,95],"democracy":[15],"but":[16,112],"an":[17],"incremental":[18],"process":[19],"that":[20,129],"so":[22],"far":[23],"resulted":[24],"hybrid":[27],"system":[28],"aptly":[29],"called":[30],"\u201coligarchic":[31],"capitalism.\u201d":[32],"I":[33],"study":[34],"the":[35,38,44,47,73,109,113,125,133,136,139],"evolution":[36],"of":[37,46,57,116,131,135],"first":[39],"postcommunist":[40,52],"oligarchy":[41],"by":[42,145],"examining":[43],"careers":[45],"296":[48],"most":[49],"prominent":[50],"first\u2010wave":[51],"business":[53,100],"tycoons.":[54],"Forty\u2010three":[55],"percent":[56],"them":[58,117],"were":[59,78,91,142],"insider":[60,87],"oligarchs":[61,80,90],"deriving":[62],"their":[63,120],"status":[64],"from":[65],"privileged":[67],"nomenklatura":[68],"background":[69],"dating":[70],"back":[71],"previous":[74],"regime.":[75],"rest":[77],"outsider":[79,89],"with":[81,86,124],"no":[82],"such":[83],"background.":[84],"Compared":[85],"oligarchs,":[88],"younger,":[92],"better":[93],"educated,":[94],"disproportionately":[96],"Jewish.":[97],"Their":[98],"initial":[99],"successes":[101],"tended":[102],"happen":[104],"sectors":[106],"neglected":[107],"planned":[110],"economy,":[111],"overwhelming":[114],"majority":[115],"subsequently":[118],"developed":[119],"own":[121],"special":[122],"relationship":[123],"government.":[126],"It":[127],"appears":[128],"instead":[130],"changing":[132],"rules":[134],"socioeconomic":[137],"game,":[138],"new":[140],"entrants":[141],"themselves":[143],"changed":[144],"those":[146],"rules.":[147]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":25},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}