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| Title of the article | Spatial Effects of International Economic Integration (in the case of Russian Regions) |
| Pages | 28-48 |
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Natalya Petrovna Ryzhova Candidate of Economics, Head of the Laboratory Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153 Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Abstract | The new economic geography predicts that international economic integration results in centrifugal forces and agglomeration effects in the border regions, and hence peripheral regions become «central border regions». Nevertheless relative little empirical evidence exists on whether these predictions are correct. This paper aims at empirical assessment of this prediction for Russian case. Two evidences are provided: 1) centripetal forces predominated over centrifugal one in the Russian Federation in 2002–2010 and centripetal forces increased in 2010; 2) Russian border regions can’t be associated with «central border regions» due to weak centrifugal forces |
| Code | 339.92(470) |
| DOI | 10.14530/se.2012.4.028-048 |
| Keywords | international economic integration ♦ new economic geography ♦ centripetal and centrifugal forces ♦ agglomeration effects ♦ spatial effects of wages adjustment ♦ border ♦ seaside and peripheral regions ♦ Russian Federation |
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| For citation | Ryzhova N.P. Spatial Effects of International Economic Integration (in the case of Russian Regions). Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2012, no. 4, pp. 28-48. DOI: 10.14530/se.2012.4.028-048. (In Russian). |
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| Financing | The work was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR grant No. 12-06-00134-а |