RUDN Journal of EconomicsRUDN Journal of Economics2313-23292408-8986Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)11955Research ArticleThe issues of financial economics in modern research studies through the perspective of the world crisisTyulenevaN AAOLA79@yandex.ruNational Research Tomsk State University15052012S517518112092016Copyright © 2016, Economics2016Author’s methodology on research of interconnections between investments, personnel costs and innovations is offered in the article from the perspective of institutional approach. The results of the research conducted with the help of nonparametric methods on the types of economic activity taking Russian regions as examples are presented in the article. The author comes to the conclusion that there is a direct connection between the features. Qualitative characteristic of the closeness of this connection varies from moderate to high.globalizationfinancial economicsinvestmentpersonnel costsinnovationstypes of economic activitymodernization policy and social policy contingencyглобализацияфинансовая экономикаинвестициизатраты на персоналинновациивиды экономической деятельностисопряженность политики модернизации и социальной политики