Content №1 от 2016

Economic competition between Russian regions

Since the beginning of market reforms in Russia, the spatial structure of its economy has been transforming much faster than it did in Soviet times. The article discusses the peculiarities of the period between 1999 and 2013 regar­ding formal (statistically registered on a current value basis) and real changes in the spatial structure of the economy calculated with quantum indices, diffe­rences in the spatial structure of employment, and the dynamics of power consumption. The author concludes that the real changes in the spatial struc­ture of the economy are far less dramatic than the ones shown by statistics because the region where the results of economic activity are registered does not always coincide with the region where the actual product manufacturing and transportation take place. The article reveals another aspect of the prob­lem: a very high interregional differentiation of GRP per capita. It is mainly caused by substantial discrepancies in value added per employee among indust­ries. They cannot be eliminated; moreover, under the current unchangeable regional specialization, the existing interregional differences in per capita production rates will maintain in the long term

Iershov Iu. S. [email protected]

Keywords: actual allocation of productive forces quantum indices specified growth indicators interregional differentiation spatial structure of economy region