This paper provides an overview of methodologies used to analyze inter-regional income inequality, and a critical survey of empirical studies that deal with Russian regions. It discusses implications of the growth theory regarding dynamics of inter-economy income inequality. Methodologies for...

An article about the problems and prospects of the formation of a regional information management system for the commercialization of energy-efficient and innovative technologies in construction. The author presents the created project "Regional Register of innovative technologies in the...

An article about the directions and priorities of the regional policy of the state to regulate the regional water consumption in the Omsk region. The authors analyze the situation with the water consumption in China, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, as well as alternative ways of solving...

Aim of the study is to estimate contribution of infrastructure capital in labor productivity in Russia. We measure stock of the traditional infrastructure sectors: communication, railways and paved roads. The idea of the econometric estimates is to expand a production function including...

The paper contains analysis of disparities in environmental impact among Russia's regions and its relation to the production growth over the years 2000-2007. Standard measures of inequality (Lorenz Curve, Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, Theil index) are applied to per capita environmental and...

It is shown that, at the stage of catching-up development, regional economic development agencies (REDA) might become the most important elements of the growth control system. Basic tasks of REDA are considered including their role as 1) organizers of interaction among government, business...

A normative balance mathematical model for regional economy contains a lot of unspecified parameters which are not defined directly by the data of economic statistics. Only confidence intervals for the unknown parameters can be computed from the statistical data. A method for estimation of the...

The paper describes the necessary conditions for an effective usage of public-private partnership (PPP), and specifies determinants affecting the successful implementation of PPP projects. According to world practice these factors are the following: stable macro economical situation, the size of...

The traditional spatial lag model assumes that all regions in the sample exhibit the same degree of sensitivity to spatial external effects. This may not always be the case, however, especially with highly heterogeneous regions like those in Russia. Therefore, a model has been suggested that...

Статья исследует закономерности изменения грузовых перевозок морским транспортом России в условиях постоянно меняющихся рыночных ситуаций, расширения...