Vol 10, No 3 (2019)

The article reveals that the Nizhny Novgorod and the Samara Regions have a sufficient number of the work force for successful socio-economic development. Nizhny Novgorod and Samara Regions are characterized by a high proportion of the working population, the high educational level of both employed and unemployed people. During the reviewed period, the number of work force in the Nizhny Novgorod and the Samara Regions has a wave-shaped dynamics. In the Perm Krai corresponding dynamics has more sustainable character. The article emphasizes that solving the problem of structural imbalance in the labor markets of reviewed regions may be contributed by the functioning of their economies partly in clusters.

The oil and gas industry is one of the most important sectors in the development and formation of the budget and economy of Russia. The main wealth of our country is these minerals, so the future of our country depends on their extraction, transportation and processing. Prospects for the development of the oil and gas industry relate to the stable operation of large companies. In Russia, there are also about 160 operating oil and gas companies of small and medium-sized businesses, although about 200 enterprises have obtained licenses for the extraction and processing of hydrocarbon products. In many regions of the country there are large factories and enterprises, the main of them in the Tomsk, Volgograd, Saratov and Samara regions. The article considers the potential of oil and gas industry in the Samara Region.

The article is devoted to the development of the tax system in terms of the organization of import substitution in industrial production to neutralize the sanctions imposed and activate the domestic economy in line with the implementation of the development strategy of the Russian Federation. In the article, the author explores the functions of taxes in the state, the factors that impede the adequate functioning and organization of the tax system, which should improve after the economic and political situation both in the country and abroad. The author concludes that the tax system should be flexible and focused: tax rates should take into account the real contribution of the economic entity to the stabilization and improvement of the economic system of the Russian Federation; if it is necessary to attract private capital, lower tax rates should be used; apply the absence of taxation in the initial period of time in the case of the organization of import-substituting production. These and similar steps can help implement vital plans for the import substitution of manufactured goods, promote the introduction of innovative approaches in domestic practice, and alienate the domestic economy from ill-wishers – participants in the global economy.

The author’s approaches to the definition of the term «financial strategy of the bank» are considered. Based on the concepts considered, an extended definition of the bank’s financial strategy is proposed. The classification of financial strategies of the bank is given. The stages of developing a financial strategy of the bank are given.

In this work, the sphere of education of the Volga Federal District was studied using econometric modeling. The fact that the impossibility of using multiple linear models to predict indicators is established. In order to calculate the predicted values, nonlinear models were studied under conditions of a small sample size.