Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27384 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 861
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the income convergence among Russian regions in the period 1998-2006. It makes two major contributions to rather extensive literature on the regional convergence in Russia. First, it identifies spatial regimes using the exploratory spatial data analysis. Second, it examines the impact of spatial effects on the convergence process. Our results show that the overall speed of regional convergence in Russia, being low by international standards, becomes even lower after controlling for spatial effects. However, when accounting for the spatial regimes, we find a strong regional convergence among high-income regions located near other high-income regions. Our results indicate that estimation of speed of convergence using aggregate data may result in misleading conclusions regarding the nature of convergence process among Russia's regions.
Subjects: 
Regional convergence
d-convergence
ß-convergence
spatial regimes
spatial effects
JEL: 
C21
O47
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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