Sagers warned in a 4 March JournalofCommerce article, much of Russia's annual energy income is being passed on to other failing industries in the form of subsidies that fuel inflation and frustrate reform.
The study, forthcoming in the International Journalof Electronic Commerce, considers why some massive multiplayer online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft or Star Wars Galaxies, command legions of loyal players while others struggle to gain a following.