Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Sergey Drobyshevsky Author-Name-First:Sergey Author-Name-Last:Drobyshevsky Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Oleg Lugovoy Author-Name-First:Oleg Author-Name-Last:Lugovoy Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Ekaterina Astafieva Author-Name-First:Ekaterina Author-Name-Last:Astafieva Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Anna Kozlovskaya Author-Name-First:Anna Author-Name-Last:Kozlovskaya Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Pavel Trunin Author-Name-First:Pavel Author-Name-Last:Trunin Author-Workplace-Name:Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Lew Lederman Author-Name-First:Lew Author-Name-Last:Lederman Title: Factors of Economic Growth in Russia’s Regions Abstract: The monograph deals with analysis of the factors that determine the diversity in the degree and pace of economic development of Russia's regions. In particular, basing on the data of main socio economic indicators of RF constituent regions' performance, the authors have empirically tested various convergence concepts and attempted to conduct decomposition of economic growth and assess the dynamics of labor productivity in Russia's regions. One of the sections of the monograph focuses on the Canadian record of development of individual regions and equalization policies. The monograph contains conclusions and recommendations for development of the federal economic policy with respect to different Russian regions. Length: 268 pages Creation-Date: 2005 Revision-Date: 2012 Classification-JEL: O18, O47, R11 Keywords:economic growth, Russian regional development File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/121Drobyshevsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:121