Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180829 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IOS Working Papers No. 373
Publisher: 
Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Regensburg
Abstract: 
We present an analysis of interregional consumption risk sharing in Russia between 1999 and 2009 using novel estimation methods. In addition to standard fixed effects panel estimations, we use system and difference GMM estimators to reflect time dynamic properties and possible endogeneity between output and consumption. Furthermore, we apply spatial models that control for spatial dependence across regions. The results show that regional consumption deviations from the national average are highly persistent in time and space. Nevertheless, regional consumption risk sharing in Russia is relatively high with 70 to 90 per cent of idiosyncratic risk being smoothed. Finally, fiscal policy and the degree of financial development appear to contribute to the consumption smoothing.
Subjects: 
Russia
financial development
risk sharing
spatial models
GMM
JEL: 
E32
E21
R12
P25
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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