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Looking for multiple equilibria in Russian urban system : this project (No 09-9041) was supported by the Economics Education and Research Consortium and funded by GDN
Michajlova, Tatjana - 2011
This paper studies the effect of forced labor relocation in GULAG, and the losses during the WWII on the long-term dynamics of city growth in the USSR. The main goal is to test whether the impact of Stalinist policies and the WWII on economic geography of the USSR persists in long run, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399080
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Spatial development of Russia : does geography matter?
Kolomak, Evgenija A. - 2014
concentration over time. The results of our analysis suggest that the concentration of economic activity continues in Russia and … eastern regions of Russia. There are also sectorial peculiarities: population density and proximity to markets negatively … interregional divergence in Russia. The forces behind the agglomeration economy and regional disparities are market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504423
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Spatial inequalities in Russia : dynamic and sectoral analysis
Kolomak, Evgenija A. - 2013
Russia and the rate of inter-regional divergence is rather high. The factors of the spatial concentration and the regional … disparities in Russia are population density, size and accessibility of markets, as well as the level of diversification. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685339
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Assessing the localization pattern of German manufacturing and service industries : a distance based approach
Koh, Hyun-Ju; Riedel, Nadine - 2009
This paper assesses the agglomeration pattern of four-digit industries in Germany using a rich data set on the population of German firms. To identify geographical agglomeration, we follow the distance based approach of Duranton and Overman (2005) and find that the location pattern of 78% of our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908404
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Trade liberalization and the geography of production : agglomeration, concentration and dispersal in Indonesia's manufacturing industry
Sjöberg, Örjan (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The effect of trade liberalization on the spatial concentration of economic activities is not straightforward. It has, on the one hand been widely argued that protectionism increase spatial concentration when firms locate close to the main domestic markets, but it has also been argued that trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001638199
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Shrinking population and the urban hierarchy
Kim, Ho Yeon - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
This paper examines whether population shrinkage leads to changes in urban hierarchy in terms of their relative size and function from the standpoint of the new economic geography. We find some salient patterns in which small cities in the agglomeration shadow become relatively bigger as medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010562135
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Spatial development of Russia: Does geography matter?
Kolomak, Evgeniya - 2014
concentration over time. The results of our analysis suggest that the concentration of economic activity continues in Russia and … eastern regions of Russia. There are also sectorial peculiarities: population density and proximity to markets negatively … interregional divergence in Russia. The forces behind the agglomeration economy and regional disparities are market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399924
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Spatial evolution of economic activity in Russia: New economic geography perspective
Kolomak, Evgeniya - European Regional Science Association - 2014
concentration over time. The results of our analysis suggest that the concentration of economic activity continues in Russia and … eastern regions of Russia. There are also sectorial peculiarities: population density and proximity to markets negatively … interregional divergence in Russia. The forces behind the agglomeration economy and regional disparities are market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075790
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Explaining the Productivity Advantages of Manufacturing Firms in Russian Urban Agglomerations
Ksenia, Gonchar - 2012
manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central … always matter: in contrast to urban clusters, regional own-industry clustering satisfactorily explains the productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096182
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Explaining Russian Manufacturing Exports : Firm Characteristics and External Conditions
De Rosa, Donato - 2006
This paper examines the exporting behaviour of Russian manufacturers by considering the effects of firm characteristics and external conditions. Two measures of export behaviour are considered: the decision to export and the share of exports to developed markets. I find that specific exporting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732918