Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:Knobel Alexander
Author-Name-First: Alexander 
Author-Name-Last:Knobel 
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy 
Author-Name:Barinova Vera
Author-Name-First: Vera 
Author-Name-Last:Barinova 
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy 
Author-Name:Zemtsov Tsepan
Author-Name-First: Tsepan 
Author-Name-Last:Zemtsov 
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy 
Author-Name:Loshchenkova A.
Author-Name-First: A. 
Author-Name-Last:Loshchenkova 
Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA 
Title: Small and Mid-Sized Business as a Factor of Economic Growth in Russia
Abstract: The present edition includes two papers by the leading experts of the Gaidar Institute for Economic
Policy. The papers in question are based on the outputs of research carried out by the Gaidar Institute
in 2018. Both the papers deal with operation of the sector of small and mid-sized business (SMB). In
the first paper – “The Statistics of the Sector of Small and Mid-Sized Business in Russia and the
World” – the authors note that there are serious differences in the methods of calculating statistical
indices related to the SMB sector and definition criteria. Without understanding those differences, there
is no point in inter-country statistical comparison. Utilization of international experience in facilitating
and promoting the SMB sector suggests that there is clear awareness of the differences in this sector’s
definition criteria and, consequently, statistical data published in international organizations’ reports.
In the other paper – “Comparative Analysis of the Government’s Support to Exports by Small and
Mid-Sized Businesses in the Regional Aspect” – the authors elaborate on the existing patterns of support
to exports in Russia and point to serious disadvantages which largely prevent small and mid-sized
businesses from engaging in export activities. The methods of analyzing the assessment of the impact
of export support measures at the regional level on the volumes both of the overall regional exports
and exports by small and mid-sized businesses are based on econometric models.
Classification-JEL: L25, L52, M13, R38, F13, F23
Keywords:  Russian economy, small and medium-sized enterprises, economic growth, export
Creation-Date: 2019
Revision-Date:2019
Length: 308 pages
File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2019-330.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Function: Revised version, 2019
Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2019-330