This proceedings volume contains research trends, issues and developments in global economics and management with particular focus on the digital postindustrial economy-Economy 4.0. Featuring papers presented at the Economic and Management session of the 2018 Prospects of Fundamental Science Development International Conference (PFSD 2018) held in Tomsk, Russia, this book presents new models, methods, analyses, and approaches to different sectors of economics and management such as tax policy, labor economics, econometrics, municipal management systems, and international finance, among others. The papers are related to three main topics:

1. Theoretical approaches to the development of Economy 4.0, the construction of a postindustrial society, and their impact on the labor market, finance, public and social values. Innovative methods and models are mentioned as well.
2. The creation and implementation of cryptocurrencies and block chain technology.
3. Comparative analysis of regional and institutional economics in different countries such as Russia, China, the United States and the EU, among others. Regulation, supervision, accounting and economic security measures are also explored.

Featuring industry-specific case studies in sectors such as oil and gas, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, IT and ecology, this book is a useful reference for academics, students, practitioners, and scholars in economics.

Inhalt
Modeling of Wage Payment System Choosing Task.- Problems of labor incentives of high-tech enterprises in conditions of digitalization.- DEA-Analysis of Enterprises Activity.- Technique of Optimal Distribution of Investments in Industrial Cluster Blocks.- Game Models of Competition in the Cargo Transportation Market.- Labor Productivity Improvement: the Role of Remuneration in the New Qualification System.- Application of Discriminate Function Analysis to Identification of Financially Unstable Banks of Russia.- Analysis of the Russian and World Marker of Telemedicine and Biochipping: Features and Development Prospects.- Copula Models Comparison for Portfolio Risk Assessment.- Constructing a Risky Optimal Mean/Value-at-Risk Portfolio.- Consumer Resistance to Digitalization on the Digital Platforms Market: Preliminary Analysis.- Problems and Development Prospects of the Independent Financial Advisors Institute in Russia.- Crowdfunding as a Tool for Financing: a Review of Theoretical Approaches.- Possibilities of Applying the Foreign Experience in Regulation of Digital Currency Circulation in Russia.-Integration of Strategic and Cross-Cultural Communication from an Economic Perspective: a Case Study of Russia and China.- Assessment of the effectiveness of the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia based on the DEA analysis method.- In-Group Cooperation and Gender: Evidence from an Interdisciplinary Study.- Ethical Finance as a Manifestation of International Economic Relations.- Analysis of the Problems of Measuring Organizational Performance in the Education, Public Administration and Commercial Sectors: Differences and General Principles.- State Tax Policy in Oil Industry as One of the Mechanisms to Ensure Financial Stability of the Russian Federation.- Improving the Government's Tax Policy in the Oil Industry Taxation.- An Indicator of Financial Condition in Industry Investment Analysis.- Mechanism of import substitution in the machine-building complex in the format of industrial cluster.- Development of Management Mechanisms for Investment and Construction Projects of Energy Efficient Low-Rise Construction.- Analysis of Peculiarities of Industry-Specific Regula-tion  of a Housing and Utility Complex on the Example of the Russian Federation.- Cluster Capacity Calculation Mechanism in Increasing the Efficiency of Regional Production.- Engineering Education Evaluated by the Technical University Students (Survey Data).- National Housing Investment Markets: Drivers of Development or Sources of Crises.