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Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity in Russia

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  • Eugenia Anatolyevna Kolomak

    (Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University)

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The author studies the dynamics and factors of spatial concentration of economic activity in Russia and with the help of empirical methods tests the hypothesis of agglomeration economy. The analysis shows that Russia has growing inequality in distribution of resources and production and the growth rate of this process is quite high. Determinants of inter-regional divergence in Russia include the following: population density, the size and accessibility of markets, and economic structure; i.e. all these determinants have a market basis and they are key ones in agglomeration economy. The results show no effectiveness of interregional transfers and public investment in reducing differences across Russian territories. Agglomeration economy presupposes that effective conditions that stimulate centrifugal spatial trends correlate with reduction of inter-regional communication barriers which can have both physical and institutional nature.

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  • Eugenia Anatolyevna Kolomak, 2014. "Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity in Russia," Spatial Economics=Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk, Russia), issue 4, pages 82-99.
    • Handle: RePEc:far:spaeco:y:2014:i:4:p:82-99
    DOI: 10.14530/se.2014.4.082-099
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    1. I. P. Glazyrina & L. M. Faleychik & A. A. Faleychik, 2021. "Institutional Policy and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Far East of Russia," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 625-637, October.
    2. Anna Bufetova, 2016. "Trends toward the concentration of economic activity and uneven spatial development of Russia," ERSA conference papers ersa16p104, European Regional Science Association.
    3. A. N. Bufetova, 2017. "Trends in the concentration of economic activity and disparities in Russia’s spatial development," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 120-126, April.
    4. A. A. Aletdinova & A. V. Koritsky, 2020. "Comparative Analysis of the Return on Human Capital in the European and Asian Regions of Russia," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 213-219, April.
    5. Minakir, P. & Prokapalo, O., 2018. "Far East Priority: Combinations of Investment and Institutes," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 38(2), pages 146-155.
    6. Yu. S. Yershov, 2016. "Features of regional economic development in Russia in 1999–2013," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 6(4), pages 281-291, October.

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