«Resource type» regions in the modern Russian economy

• Main Authors: Levin Sergey, N., Kagan Elena, S., Sablin Kirill, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ltd. "Humanities Perspectives" 2015-06-01
• Series: Журнал институциональных исследований
• Subjects: "resource type" region; regional institutional system; discrete structural alternatives; "enclave dual economy"; integrated regional economy
• Online Access: http://www.hjournal.ru/files/JIS_7_3/JIS_7.3_5.pdf

Despite the officially declared intention to form universal rules of the liberal type, development was based on the formation of a "hybrid" institutional environment in the "post-Soviet" transformation of the Russian economy. "Hybrid" institutional environment is characterized, firstly, with the prevalence of forms of interaction between authorities and business that are uncharacteristic for liberal market economy, and their "merging" with each other, secondly, with sustainable regional fragmentation. As a result regional institutional systems, based on different configurations of network linkages between business and authorities, appeared and embedded into unified «power vertical». «Resource type» regions occupy special position in the modern Russian economy. Their economies are based on the export-oriented industries as well as raw resources extracting and mining industries. We distinguish the following discrete structural alternatives of their development in a globalizing economy: "enclave dual economy" and integrated regional economy. The first option is institutionally reinforces the social and economic gap from developed countries. The second one provides diversification and development of regional and national economies. We use comparative characteristic of Kemerovo region and Krasnoyarsk region to carry out analysis of options of "resource type" regions development. We selected indicators and elaborated estimation algorithm to figure out the type of regional economic development.