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Глазго (Великобритания)

К. Вонг, профессор, директор Института азиатско-тихоокеанского бизнеса 
Университета штата Калифорния, 
Лос-Анджелес (США)

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CONTENTS

Political Economy of Olympic Games

Rustem Nureev, Evgeny Markin 5

The Phenomenon of National Development Bank:  

Theoretical Foundation and Effectiveness

Elizaveta Selyavina 34

Monetary Policy in Russia: Recent Challenges  

and Changes in Unstable Economic Conditions

Natalia Giblova  57

Market Concentration and Competition  

in Vietnamese Banking Sector

Le Hai Trung 67

Remittances and Economic Growth in Vietnam:  

An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach

Dang The Tung 80

Corporate Insurance in the Russian Electric Power Industry

Nadezda Kirillova, Victoria Bazhenova 89

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Volume 3, Number 1, 2015

CОДЕРЖАНИЕ

Политическая экономия Олимпийских игр

Рустем Нуреев, Евгений Маркин 5

Феномен национального банка развития:  

теоретические аспекты и эффективность деятельности

Елизавета Селявина  34

Денежно-кредитная политика в России:  

текущие проблемы и изменения в условиях  

экономической неопределенности

Наталья Гиблова 57

Рыночная концентрация и конкуренция  

в банковском секторе Вьетнама

Ле Хай Чунг 67

Влияние денежных переводов на экономический рост во Вьетнаме

Данг Зе Тчунг 80

Корпоративное страхование  

в российской энергетической промышленности

Надежда Кириллова, Виктория Баженова 89

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* Политическая экономия Олимпийских игр.

1. REVIEW

The role of sports mega events in economic and political life of the nations has strongly increased. That 
is why the investigation of these processes is very important.
Economy of physical culture and sports in the history of Russian sports science was studied by the scientists of Russian State University of Physical Training, 
Sport and Tourism B. S. Kuzmak and R. M. Orlov. Later 

this problem was investigated also by V. I. Zholdak and 
V. E. Levitin. The questions of correlation between productivity and physical education was investigated by 
V. I. Zholdak. A. M. Alekseev considered the four most 
important factors determining the cost-effectiveness of 
sports. Issues of social and economic efficiency are also 
reflected in the works of S. M. Oksanych, Y. F. Trusov, etc. 
The most important theoretical aspects of the economy 
of physical culture and sports in different periods were 
researched by V. M. Rutgayzer and V. V. Galkin.

Political Economy of Olympic Games*

Rustem NUREEV, Doctor of economics, Professor
Head of Department of Economic Theory, Financial University; Professor at National Research University — Higher 
School of Economics, Moscow
nureev50@gmail.com

Evgeny MARKIN, Ph. D., Senior Lecturer
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Moscow
ev-markin@yandex.ru

Abstract. The purpose of the article is to analyze how IOC voting process modifies the Olympic ideals and sport 
development in host countries. The authors analyze a representative democracy within the Olympic Movement 
(the features of the functioning of the IOC, NOCs and other public organizations in the process of Olympic 
Games preparation). The article discusses the features of the decision making process at different stages of the 
hosting country selection. Candidature Acceptance Procedure includes 11 indicators. The authors describe these 
indicators and analyze the importance of each of them for final score. A special attention is paid to the voting 
procedure in the final part of the decision. The authors investigate the factors contributing to the development 
of principal-agent problem, logrolling and bureaucracy. Features of voting and logrolling are based on the choice 
of 2014 Olympic Winter Games capital (Sochi, Russia).
Influence of Olympic Games on the host country’s economy is investigated on the base of major macroeconomic 
factors. Authors show the dependence between chosen model of administration and financing and economy and 
sport development in SR and LR.
The authors draw conclusions on how to improve the constitutional framework for the reduction of the 
prerequisites for the emergence of informal relations in the decision to host sports mega events.

Аннотация. В статье рассматривается прямая и представительная формы демократии и их проявление 
в Олимпийском движении. Авторы подробно анализируют процесс выбора столицы очередных Олимпийских 
игр, его слабые стороны. Особое внимание уделено выборам Сочи — столицы зимних Олимпийских игр 
2014 года.
Авторы дают анализ издержек и выгод на разных этапах олимпийского делового цикла, рассматривают 
особенности экономической и политической деловой активности и факторов, от которых они зависят.
Статья также посвящена анализу влияния Олимпийских игр на экономику страны их проведения. Выделены 
модели управления и финансирования Олимпийских игр и дан анализ их применения в странах, 
проводивших Олимпийские игры в 1992–2008 гг.

Key words: Olympic Games, decision making process, voting procedure, direct democracy, political business cycle, 
International Olympic Committee.

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V. I. Koval (1978) has investigated the economic issues of XX Olympic Games in Munich and tried to use 
this experience for XXII Olympics in Moscow. His work 
was published in 1978.
Foreign publications in sport economy are more diversified. A monographic “Economy of Sport” (by professors Wladimir Andreff and Jean-François Nys) was 
released in 1986 in Paris and reprinted in 2002. In 
2007 Wladimir Andreff and Sandrine Poupaux published the work “The International Dimension of the 
Sport Economy in Transition Countries”. Interesting 
aspects of sport influencing on Europe’s economy was 
described by D. Dimitrov, L. Helmenshtayn, B. Moser, 
A. Klyaysner and J. Schindler. They analyzed the sport’s 
impact on the European economy and its influence on 
Europe’s GDP. In the works of L. Kann and P. Stodohar 
the interaction of sport and the labor market is described and their influence on each other is examined.
Holger Preuss (2000) investigated the economic conditions of Olympic Games hosting. Shank M., 
I. Blekshow, D. Hogg, S. Brown, W. Sutton, D Duffy, 
R. Noll and A. Zimbalist paid great attention to sport 
management and its importance for infrastructure 
development and new jobs creation. Researches in 
the field of Olympic Games economy were made by 
R. Barney, A. Oberger, F. Brunet, O. Shants, R. Mandell, 
A. Gutman. Public choice questions concerning Olympic Games are still not sufficiently researched.
A large quantity of material is contained in the 
newsletters (so-called Marketing Matters) and official 
reports of International Olympic Committee. They 
are published periodically and are the most complete 
source of information about international Olympic 
movement activity now.

2. OLYMPIC MOVEMENT: IOC VOTING 
PROCEDURE MATTER

For clear understanding how voting procedure influences the results of decision making process in Olympic movement let’s look at the history and structure of 
IOC.
Central to the international sporting life and a base 
for the growth in business activity in modern world is 
the Olympic movement, which is rightfully occupies 
a leading place among the various social and cultural 
phenomena, and has a direct impact on the economic 
development of the Olympic Games host country. The 
international Olympic movement is a kind of institution, under which the large number of sports federations, national Olympic committees (NOC), sports 
competitions are held.
The first Olympic Games took place in 776 BC in 
Ancient Greece. The concept of modern Olympism 

belongs to Pierre de Coubertin, on whose initiative in 
June 1894 in Paris was organized the International Athletic Congress, where on June 23, 1894 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded. The need to 
create the IOC as an organizational and management 
structure was obvious — without it, all the international Olympic movement was ineffective and unsustainable organization. Only permanent management 
authority with appropriate financial, organization and 
human resources was able to solve complex problems 
of international scope.
IOC is nternational non-governmental organization, 
established as an association with l not-profit status. It 
recognized by the Swiss Federal Council in accordance 
with the contract, which came into force on November 
1, 2000.
Document governing the basic mechanisms of economic management of the modern Olympic Games and 
the Olympic movement in general is the Olympic Charter. This is a set of fundamental principles of Olympism, rules and byelaws adopted by the International 
Olympic Committee. The Olympic Charter governs the 
structure, mechanism of action and processes of the 
Olympic movement and determines the conditions of 
the Olympic Games. It performs three main tasks:
1) regulates the basic principles and essential values of Olympism;
2) is a charter of the IOC;
3) defines the basic rights and responsibilities of 
the three main constituents of the Olympic Movement: 
the International Olympic Movement, the International Federations and National Olympic Committees and 
Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games, which 
must comply with the Olympic Charter.
In 1986, the IOC brings together 164 national Olympic Committees (NOC); in 2004 at the Olympic Games 
in Athens, they became 201.
Another important principle of Olympic Movement 
management is its independence on political influence 
of individual states and political units. Obviously, if the 
Olympic institutions will be under someone else’s political influence, they quickly lose their international 
prestige and global significance. The same can be said 
about financial independence on any commercial or 
public organizations. These norms are reflected in the 
Olympic Charter and allow IOC to maintain its political 
and commercial independence.
IOC is developing special marketing programs to 
raise money and create a sound financial base for the 
development of the Olympic movement. A priority for 
the IOC is to implement programs to broadcast the 
Olympic Games through telecommunications companies, programs to work with corporate sponsors, minting of commemorative coins and medals, etc.

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Principles listed above were the basis of the practical operation of the IOC in the following areas:
• Regular organization of Olympic Games;
• Definition of the Games and composition of the 
participants (in collaboration with sports federations 
and National Olympic Committee of the Games);
• Registration of Olympic records;
• Placing orders for the Olympic marketing programs and overseeing their implementation;
• Overseeing the distribution of funds among the 
National Olympic Committees and international sports 
federations;
• Promotion of sports and strengthening of friendship among athletes in the IOC member countries;
• Dissemination of ideas of Olympism and healthy 
lifestyle;
• Supporting development centers for sporting 
events.
It should be noted that one of the basic principles 
by which the IOC in choosing the next capital of the 
Games is what legacy of the Olympic Games for future 
generations will be left and what economic and social effect will have the city, region and country of the 
Games.
The total number of IOC should not exceed 115 members, which can only be individuals, representatives of 
member states of IOC. Composition of the IOC shall be 
elected at a general meeting, called the session. Sessions 
are held at intervals not less than once a year. The organizational structure of the IOC is presented in Figure 1.
At the IOC session the president and members of 
the IOC Executive Board are elected. Let’s look at fund
ing mechanisms of the international Olympic movement and distribution of financial flows.
Direct democracy is political system in which every 
citizen has the right to personally express his/her view 
and vote on any particular issue.
Direct democracy is typical for the assembly of labor collectives of enterprises and institutions,, party 
meetings and conventions. In a national scale it is the 
choice of parliament members, or the president conducting nation-wide referendum. Decision-making 
procedure (the rules) in this situation is the main focus.
Direct democracy is not the dominant form in the 
Olympic movement. It remains as a subordinate element of representative democracy.
Majority rule is not a standard in terms of the 
effectiveness of the decision. Alternatives to majority rule are the two-step rule relative majority, multistep binary voting procedure for approving the ballot, a simple majority of the knock-out 
and generally exclude the losers on the board.  
It is obvious that the Olympic movement cannot apply 
the rule of unanimity in decision-making. This rule applies to the UN Security Council, for example. IOC, of 
course, tries to take into account the opinion of all the 
voting for some solutions, but everyone’s opinion into 
account not his best.
That is why every 2 years on the IOC sessions the 
rule of simple majority of the knockout is using, to select the next Olympic Games host city.
A voter in fact cannot select multiple capitals of 
Games, guided by the idea that a sailing competition, 
for example, would be better held in Rio-de-Janeiro, 

IOC President

IOC Board: 
4 Vice-Presidents + 10 Members 

International Olympic Committee 
(115 Members) 

IOC session

IOC Members 
NOC Members 
ISF Members
IOC Commission of Sportsmen 

C a n d i d a t e s

Figure 1. IOC organizational structure*.
* Created on the base of the data from: www.olympic.org.

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and athletics — in Moscow. Thus, the choice made in 
favor of only one candidate. And those of programs 
that are known to be better with the other candidate, 
in this case are as “good with a load” (Nureev, 2005).
It is important to point out that in the IOC and 
modern Olympic Movement’s activity the desire to 
realize the idea of “micro space”, formulated by the 
American President John Adams in 1780s, can be traced. 
He believed that parliament should be an accurate portrait of the nation as a whole. In our case we are talking about the Olympic Movement’s governing bodies, 
which consist of representatives of different nations.
Unfortunately, the relationship between decision 
making and level of economic development of member countries and their political influence is observed. 
The history of the modern Olympic Games (since 1896) 
shows that developed countries which now form the 
so-called G8 or G20 (see Table 1) are most likely to host 
the Games.

The struggle of countries with weak economies to 
host the Olympics often finish at the stage of choosing 
a candidate city. The final choice is made among the 
developed countries’ representatives. These cities can 
spend on the Games the necessary funds, which allow 
to get a profit from the Games in future.
Thus, there is a conflict between the ideas and ideals of the Olympic movement and the IOC and their 
actual deeds. Even the recent decision to hold the 2016 
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, unfortunately, does not 
give the right to speak about positive trends.
Olympic movement has a procedure for selection of 
the capital of the next Olympic Games. As any other 
large institution, IOC has its own rules. The choice is 
made from a limited number of participants, formed by 
the IOC during the pre-selection.
International Olympic Committee has developed 
a special system of Applicants and Candidate Cities 
estimation. When the two-phase candidature proce
Table 1. Relationship between decision making and level of economic development of member countries and 
their world market power (since 1896).

Country
G8
G20
Olympiads
Olympic Winter 
Games
Total 
#
GDP per capita 
(2009)

USA
Yes
Yes
4
4
8
45 989

France
Yes
Yes *
2
3
5
41 051

United Kingdom
Yes
Yes
3
0
3
35 165

Germany
Yes
Yes *
2
1
3
40 670

Italy
Yes
Yes *
1
2
3
35 084

Canada
Yes
Yes
1
2
3
39 599

Japan
Yes
Yes
1
2
3
39 738

Australia
Yes
2
2
42 279

Austria
Yes *
2
2
45 562

Greece
Yes *
2
2
29 240

Norway
Yes *
2
2
79 089

Russia (USSR)
Yes
Yes
1
1
2
8 684

Switzerland
Yes *
2
2
63 629

Belgium
Yes *
1
1
43 671

Brazil
Yes
1
1
8 121

Spain
Yes *
1
1
31 774

China
Yes
1
1
3 744

Mexico
Yes
1
1
8 143

Netherlands
Yes*
1
1
47 719

Finland
Yes *
1
1
44 581

Sweden
Yes *
1
1
43 654

Yugoslavia (Bosnia & 
Herzegovina)
1
1
4 525

South Korea
Yes
1
1
17 078

* EU countries represents in G20 as one country (union).
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Table 2. Indicators of Candidature Acceptance Procedure for the Games of XXXI Olympiad in 2016*.

* Games of XXXI Olympiad 2016 Working Group Report, Lausanne, 2008.

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dure was introduced, the IOC Executive Board considered that the assessment of Applicant Cities should be 
supported by decision-making software.
“Decision Matrix” was selected from a number of 
options to assist with the assessment of the 2008 Applicant Cities, based on experience with projects of a 
similar type.
Decision Matrix was formed in 1983 for the purpose of developing decision software catering to 
large and very specific decision-making processes 
in organizations. The Decision Matrix software uses 
graphic user interfaces to display results in an easily interpretable fashion. In consultation with the 
IOC, Decision Matrix developed the “OlympLogic” 
decision model — based on an already proven decision model “OptionLogic” — which computes the 
best option amongst a number of contenders. The 
OlympLogic program enables the assessment of the 
Applicant Cities on the basis of a number of IOC 
specific criteria.
Matrix was successfully used by the IOC in the assessment of the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Applicant Cities, 
as well as in the assessment of the bidding cities for the 
2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Candidature Acceptance Procedure includes 11 indicators:
1. Government support, legal issues and public 
opinion (including compliance with the Olympic Charter and the World Anti-Doping Code);
2. General infrastructure;
3. Sports venues;
4. Olympic Village (s);
5. Environmental conditions and impact;
6. Accommodation;
7. Transport concept;
8. Safety and security;
9. Experience from past sports events;
10. Finance;
11. Overall project and legacy.
Each indicator can be in a range between 1 to 10. 
The acceptable minimum is six. If city receives less 
than 6 then this indicator is colored in matrix in red 
color. It is the signal that city is not developed enough. 
Let’s illustrate this procedure on the example of Games 
of XXXI Olympiad 2016 (see Table 2).
As we can see in Table 2, Prague and Baku do not 
have enough support according to members of Working Group. All the results are summarized in the final 

Figure. 2. Final Result of Working Group Report for estimation of Games of XXXI Olympiad 2016 Applicant Cities.
Source: Games of XXXI Olympiad 2016 Working Group Report.

Table 3. Bid Index on the eve of 2014 Winter Olympics final voting.

CITY
HIGH
LOW
CHG
INDEX
PyeongChang
64.99
55.72
+00.09
64.99
Salzburg
65.35
60.63
-01.31
62.62
Sochi
63.17
56.71
+02.22
63.17

Source: www.gamesbids.com

Table 4. Bid Index on the eve of 2016 Olympics final voting.

CITY
HIGH
LOW
CHG
INDEX
Chicago
61.24
58.78
+1.23
61.24
Madrid
59.50
57.80
0.00
57.80
Rio-de-Janeiro
61.61
59.73
-0.19
61.42
Tokyo
61.41
59.20
-0.18
59.02

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decision (Figure 2). As you can see Prague and Baku 
were not recommended by Working Group. This decision has preliminary status and other cities could also 
be declined at the last stage. For example, Doha was 
also declined as a candidate city for the Games of XXXI 
Olympiad in 2016.
This procedure always takes place inside IOC. International sport analytical agencies have their own 
ratings. They analyze the same indicators and present 
Bid Indexes. The Bid Indexes of GamesBids Agency on 
the eve of 2014 and 2016 Olympics final voting are presented in the Tables 3 and 4.
Bid Index includes the lowest and highest estimation and the last changes. In Table 3 we can see that 
Sochi left off PyeongChang but demonstrated the highest level of Bid Index Increase. It became the crucial 
factor for the win.
Rio de Janeiro was the leader on the eve of final 
voting but there was a small decrease of index. Nevertheless it did not influence the final result, and Rio 

de Janeiro was elected as the capital of 2016 Olympics.
As noted earlier, IOC members make a decision 
about Olympic Games next capital using the simple 
majority rule with a knockout. We shall consider it in 
detail.
In a simple majority of knock-out (the Australian 
system of voting) wins the candidate who gains a simple majority (see Table 5). However, in the absence of 
a simple majority at the first stage the candidate with 
the fewest votes is left. In our example it is E (E - 2).
During the multistep voting system, each time a 
candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated.. In our 
example it is B (B - 13 out of 22).
Olympic Games Capital voting procedure is the following:
• More then 100 International Olympic Committee 
members take part in the voting;
• International Olympic Committee members from 
the countries presented by the candidate cities are not 
voting;

Table 5. Simple Majority With Exclusion (Australian Voting System).

a)

Group I
(4 voters)
Group II
(6 voters)
Group III
(7 voters)
Group IV
(3 voters)
Group V
(2 voters)

A
C
E
B
D

D
C
E
B
A

B
E
C
D
A

C
D
E
B
A

E
B
A
C
D

When there is no winner by simple majority, alternative that scored least votes is excluded (E – 2).

b)

Group I
(4 voters)
Group II
(6 voters)
Group III
(7 voters)
Group IV
(3 voters)
Group V
(2 voters)

A
C
B
D

D
C
B
A

B
C
D
A

C
D
B
A

B
A
C
D

C — 3. Excluded

c)

Group I
(4 voters)
Group II
(6 voters)
Group III
(7 voters)
Group IV
(3 voters)
Group V
(2 voters)

A
B
D

D
B
A

B
D
A

D
B
A

B
A
D

A — 4. Excluded

d)

Group I
(4 voters)
Group II
(6 voters)
Group III
(7 voters)
Group IV
(3 voters)
Group V
(2 voters)

B
D
D
B
B
D
D
B
B
D

Winner is B — 13 of 22.