Journal of the Ural State University of Economics

5-15

Authors: Lavrov V. N., Ponomareva S. I.

The paper focuses on the issue of theoretical and methodological justification of monetary policy and its tools. A review of Russian economists’ theoretical approaches to this problem allowed the authors to identify theoretical, methodological and applied bases of evaluation of monetary policy of the Bank of Russia. The paper presents the authors’ view of the scientific discussion on appropriateness of the monetary policy adopted by the Bank of Russia for the current state of the economy. The authors reveal principle distinctions between theoretical arguments of the supporters of the Bank’s monetary policy and their opponents. The research theoretically and conceptually validates the changes in basic definitions and ideas contributing to the existing understanding of inflation in the monetary policy of the Bank of Russia. The analysis of macroeconomic theory and actual monetary policy gives grounds to conclude about their strong correlation. The suggested review of theoretical approaches to the problem studied will allow determining theoretical, methodological and applied rationale for monetary policy more accurately.

26-37

Authors: Litvin V. V.

The research centres on identification of emergent properties of a national savings system. The sys‑ tem’s exceptional role in the processes of accumulation and use of internal reproduction resources for the purposes of sustainable development of national economies conditions the need to study it as an independent complex object. In this regard, the article defines and reveals the integral properties of the national savings system, which allow distinguishing it from other related systems, identifying the level of its complexity and describing the control mechanism. Since the concept of emergence gives ideas about the integrity of any system, the proportion of its elements, the hierarchy of its levels, it provided the methodological basis for studying the relationship between the integral properties, functions, institu‑ tions of savings system. The author performs a comparative analysis of the savings system’s functions and prove the thesis that the concept of emergence serves as the theoretical basis for developing an effective mechanism for forming a progressive savings system with predetermined properties taking into account the features of the post-industrial civilization.

51-61

Authors: Zueva O. N., Zhuravskaya M. A., Sidorenko A. M.

The paper explores the issues of urban public transport development as the principal element of infrastructure of modern city, its essential social institution. The authors emphasize the importance of providing high-quality transport services in conditions of scattered public transport, technological obsolescence of vehicles, poor organisational procedures, absence of logistic integration and coordination of various means of urban transport. The paper reveals the problems in modernisation of urban passenger transport. The authors examine efficient systems of urban public transport management in different cities worldwide and classify scenarios of interaction between local government and operators in transport services market. Having analysed the system of public transport management in a largest city the authors suggest an alternative for development of the urban public transport based on logistic integration and cooperation and principles of multimodality with creation of a centre for urban public transport management to ensure efficient coordination of passenger traffic.

79−93

Authors: Dzyuba A. P., Solovyeva I. A.

The article aims to develop an integrated model for energy costs management that allows large con‑ sumers of energy resources to perform price-dependent management of the demand for electricity and natural gas. The authors analyse specific features of a modern mechanism for increasing energy efficiency through the management of demand for electricity. The study of parameters of demand for natural gas and the identification of common technological and economic characteristics of using electricity and natural gas confirm that integrated demand management for these energy resources is possible. The arti‑ cle presents the results of the analysis of the existing conditions in wholesale and retail electricity markets and principles of natural gas pricing, which proved the possibility of comprehensive price-dependent management of demand for electricity and natural gas in the current economic situation. The findings enabled the authors to design a model of comprehensive price-dependent management of demand for electricity and natural gas, which offers consumers of energy resources a possibility to adjust their sched‑ ule of production processes and demand for energy resources taking into account the price parameters of electricity and natural gas supply to minimise the costs.