The impact of institutional quality on enterprise location choice in the Russian regions

We study the impact of Russian regional governors’ rotation and their affiliation with private sector firms for the quality of investment climate in Russian regions. A theoretical model presented in the paper predicts that these factors taken together improve “endogenous” property rights under authoritarian regimes. This conclusion is confirmed empirically by using Russian regional data for 2002—2010; early in that period gubernatorial elections had been canceled and replaced by federal government’s appointments. This is an indication that under certain conditions government rotation is beneficial for economic development even when democracy is suppressed.

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Impact of regulatory framework rigidity on poverty in the regions of Russia

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2020-12-62-79 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 62-79

Author(s):

P. N. Pavlov

Keyword(s):

Economic Activity ◽

Regional Level ◽

Institutional Factors ◽

Federal Regulations ◽

Russian Regions ◽

Poverty Dynamics ◽

Regulatory Burden ◽

Sectoral Structure ◽

The Impact ◽

Regions Of Russia

The paper analyzes the impact of the federal regulatory burden on poverty dynamics in Russia. The paper provides regional level indices of the federal regulatory burden on the economy in 2008—2018 which take into account sectoral structure of regions’ output and the level of regulatory rigidity of federal regulations governing certain types of economic activity. Estimates of empirical specifications of poverty theoretical model with the inclusion of macroeconomic and institutional factors shows that limiting the scope of the rulemaking activity of government bodies and weakening of new regulations rigidity contributes to a statistically significant reduction in the level of poverty in Russian regions. Cancellation of 10% of accumulated federal level requirements through the “regulatory guillotine” administrative reform may take out of poverty about 1.1—1.4 million people.

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Retrospective analysis of the resilience of Russian regions as socio-economic systems

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2019-5-46-64 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 46-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Vladimir V. Klimanov ◽

Sofiya М. Kazakova ◽

Anna A. Mikhaylova

Keyword(s):

Panel Data ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Financial Indicators ◽

Russian Regions ◽

Integral Index ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Economic Resilience ◽

Correlation Dependence ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The article examines the impact of various socio-economic and financial indicators on the resilience of Russian regions. For each region, the integral index of resilience is calculated, and its correlation dependence with the selected indicators is revealed. The study confirms the relationship between fiscal resilience and socio-economic resilience of the regions. The analysis of panel data for 75 regions from 2007 to 2016 shows that there are significant differences in the dynamics of indicators in different periods. In particular, the degree of exposure to the negative effects of the crises of 2008—2009 and 2014—2015 in non-resilient regions is higher than in resilient ones.

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The Impact of Values, Gender and Education on Creative Behaviour in Different Domains in Russian Regions

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2577184 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Nadezhda Lebedeva ◽

Ekaterina A. Bushina

Keyword(s):

Russian Regions ◽

Gender And Education ◽

Creative Behaviour ◽

The Impact

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The Impact of Regulations and Institutional Quality on Entrepreneurship

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3191521 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Dustin Chambers ◽

Jonathan Munemo

Keyword(s):

Institutional Quality ◽

The Impact

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Institutional Quality and Trade Flow: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia and Other OIC Member Countries in Africa

Insight on Africa ◽

10.1177/0975087820987174 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 097508782098717

Author(s):

Hammed Agboola Yusuf ◽

Luqman Olanrewaju Afolabi ◽

Waliu Olawale Shittu ◽

Kafilah Lola Gold ◽

Murtala Muhammad

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Bilateral Trade ◽

Trade Flow ◽

Estimation Method ◽

Institutional Quality ◽

Likelihood Estimation ◽

Political Stability ◽

Bilateral Trade Flow ◽

World Governance Indicators ◽

The Impact

This article examines the impact of institutional quality on bilateral trade flow between Malaysia and selected 25 African Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries. Four institutional qualities were selected from World Governance Indicators with other trade predictors from the period from 1985 to 2016. Using gravity model of trade and Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimation method (PPML) technique, the results confirm that government effectiveness, regulatory quality and political stability have an adverse effect on bilateral trade flow among the OIC countries in Africa. On the other hand, these institutional quality variables were considered as a strength for Malaysian economic growth. Therefore, better institutional quality reforms are needed among OIC member countries in Africa in order to accelerate trade, economic growth and development in their region.

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