Biography:
In 2005, Skokov R.Yu. defended his PhD thesis "Conditions and mechanism of effective functioning of enterprises in the liquor industry", and in 2018 his doctoral thesis "State regulation of markets for addictive goods: concept, evolution, improvement". Skokov R.Yu. is the developer of a holistic economic theory of markets for addictive goods that cause pathological dependence in consumers, the object structure of which is represented by alcohol, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, energy drinks, drugs, gambling, video games, social networks. While doing his research he carried out an interdisciplinary synthesis of economic knowledge with sociology, psychology, addictology and narcology. Skokov R.Yu. is the developer of the concept of behavioral design. The development and implementation of these scientific directions in practice by Skokov R.Yu. have become the key to the research of cyberphysical systems, neurocomputer interface, the development of which leads to the formation of the next generation of a wide range of new products and needs. In 2024 the Resource Centre of information security and digital literacy for children was opened on the basis of the Volzhsky Institute of Economics, Pedagogy and Law under the leadership of R. Skokov. Skokov R.Y. is the author of 200 scientific publications.
Title : The research of the statistical relationship between the human development index and expenditures on addictive goods in European countries