I am currently a holder of the grant “Accueil de jeunes chercheurs
d’avenir” at Lille Économie et
Management , Université de Lille, France. I am also CESifo Research Network Affiliate.
From 2012 to 2022 I worked as an Assistant Professor at the Economics
Department of the Higher School of
Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia and as a guest lecturer at the Lomonosov Moscow State University .
From 2017 to 2022 I was a Deputy Director at the HSE International Center for the
Study of Institutions and Development in Moscow which became
well-known for its high quality research on Russia. My MA and PhD in
Economics are from HSE University.
My background is in economics and economic geography with the primary
research interests in the fields of political economy, institutional
economics and the economics of social capital and culture. My ongoing
research projects are interdisciplinary and involve collaboration with
economists and political scientists alike. I was a visiting fellow at
ifo Institute, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Ghent University, Bank of Finland
Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) among others. I have published
in European Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Nature Medicine, Journal of Politics, European Journal of
Political Economy, Journal of Comparative Economics and
Post-Soviet-Affairs.
Main Peer-Reviewed Publications
Borisova E., Smyth R., Zakharov A. (2023) Autocratic Policy and the Accumulation of Social Capital: The Moscow Housing Renovation Program . American
Political Science Review , First View , 1 - 21.
Borisova E., Gründler K., Hackenberger A., Harter A., Potrafke N.,
and Schoors K. (2023) Crisis Experience and the Deep Roots of COVID-19
Vaccination Preferences . European Economic Review , 160.
Solis Arce J.S., Warren S.S., Meriggi N.F. et al. (2021) COVID-19
vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income
countries . Nature Medicine , 27, 1385–1394.
Frye T., Borisova E. (2019) Elections,
Protest and Trust in Government: A Natural Experiment from Russia .
Journal of Politics , 81(3), 820-832.
Borisova E., Govorun A.., Ivanov D., Levina I. (2018) Social
Capital and Preferences for Redistribution to Target Groups .
European Journal of Political Economy , 54, 56-67.
Borisova E. I., Govorun A. V., Ivanov D.S. (2017) Social
Capital and Support for the Welfare State in Russia . Post-Soviet
Affairs , 33(5), 411-429.
Borisova E., Polishchuk L., Peresetsky A. (2014) Collective
Management of Residential Housing in Russia: The Importance of Being
Social . Journal of Comparative Economics , 42(3),
609-629.
Work in Progress
Borisova E., Frye T., Schoors K., Zabolotskiy V. Fear, Trust and
Demand for Regulation: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic in
Russia
Borisova E., Schoors K., Zabolotskiy V. Neolithic Ancestry and
Gender Roles
Borisova E., Frye T., Schoors K., Zabolotskiy V. Gender norms
and domestic violence: Evidence from the Covid-19 lockdowns
Borisova E., Ivanov D., Schoors K. Generalized Trust,
Preferences for Redistribution and Institutions