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| Title of the article | On Spatial Distribution of Production Factors in Contemporary Russia |
| Pages | 9-28 |
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Andrei Vasilievich Belov Doctor of Economics, Professor University of Fukui Prefecture Fukui, Japan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Abstract | An empirical study was conducted on the location of economic activity in Russia in terms of concentration, agglomeration and spatial efficiency. It is found that in the 1990s-2000s the «reserve» of labor and capital resources had shifted toward more productive and populated regions. However, the «flow» of federal capital investment had a different orientation, i.e., social and political targets of the Center were contrary to spatial distribution efficiency |
| Code | 330.356.7; 330.32.14;331.556.2 |
| DOI | 10.14530/se.2012.2.009-028 |
| Keywords | Russia’s economy ♦ budget investment ♦ spatial efficiency ♦ geographical location ♦ production factors |
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| For citation | Belov A.V. On Spatial Distribution of Production Factors in Contemporary Russia. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2012, no. 2, pp. 9-28. DOI: 10.14530/se.2012.2.009-028. (In Russian). |
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