Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Oleg Lugovoy
Author-Name-First: Oleg
Author-Name-Last: Lugovoy
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Author-Name: Vladimir V. Dashkeyev
Author-Name-First: Vladimir
Author-Name-Last: Dashkeyev
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Author-Name: Ilya Mazaev
Author-Name-First: Ilya 
Author-Name-Last: Mazaev
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Author-Name: Denis Fomchenko
Author-Name-First: Denis 
Author-Name-Last: Fomchenko
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Author-Name: Albert Hecht
Author-Name-First: Albert
Author-Name-Last: Hecht
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Title: Analysis of Economic Growth in Regions: Geographical and Institutional Aspect
Abstract: This study explores disparity in regional development in Russia and in Canada and role of geography in their development. In the first chapter analysis of the role of geographic, economic, and institutional factors in economic growth over 1996–2004 is presented. Additionally the issue of the interregional spatial interaction is analyzed, which is studied in the framework of the new economic geography. The second chapter devoted to the development of Canadian provinces and analyzes factors of provincial differences along with factors of migration in Canada over the period of 1991–2001.
Length: 34967 words.
Creation-Date:  2007
Revision-Date:   2007
File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/5Lugovoy.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: Revised version, 2007
Classification-JEL: C31, C33, O18, R11, R12
Keywords: economic growth, economic geography, spatial econometrics
Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:5