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Regional Conversion in the Russian Case

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  • Ksenia Gonchar

    (Bonn International Conversion Center, Bonn, Germany, and Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, eartkg@glasnet.ru)

  • Petra Opitz

    (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin, Germany, popitz@diw-berlin.de)

Abstract

Decentralization has put increasing power at the disposal of regions to support conversion processes in Russia since 1992. There is, however, no clear-cut relation between the defense dependency of regions and their conversion success. Other factors, such as exports of any kind, the composition of regional industrial demand for nondefense goods, and the availability of shock absorbers—such as small businesses, the informal economy, networks, and institutions—had stronger effects on conversion outcomes. Case studies of Nizniy Novgorod, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk reveal wide regional differences in both conversion policies and their outcomes.

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  • Ksenia Gonchar & Petra Opitz, 2000. "Regional Conversion in the Russian Case," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 23(1), pages 103-119, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:23:y:2000:i:1:p:103-119
    DOI: 10.1177/016001700761012567
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    1. Ann Markusen & Michael Brzoska, 2000. "The Regional Role in Post-Cold War Military Industrial Conversion," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 23(1), pages 3-24, January.

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