Social Sciences
6 years ago

Mineral-rich Russian regions experience significant productivity growth boost.

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MPRA Paper
Совокупная Факторная Производительность В Российских Регионах В 2000–2014 Гг [Total factor productivity in Russian regions in 2000-2014]
Myasnikov Alexander

Paper Summary

The article calculates total factor productivity in Russian regions from 2000 to 2014. Due to data quality issues, average TFP values were used. Regions with more extracting industries had higher TFP. TFP grew faster in regions with more mineral resource extraction.