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Oil and gas:a blessing for the few. Hydrocarbons and inequality within regions in Russia
Building on earlier work on regional inequality in Russia the article seeks to demonstrate that the regional oil and gas abundance is associated with high within-region inequality. It provides empirical evidence that hydrocarbons represent one of the leading determinants of an increased gap between rich and poor in the producing regions. The discussion focuses on a possible cluster of geographic, economic and political factors underlying the phenomenon
Indirect transfers in trade among former Soviet Union Republics: Sources, patterns and policy responses in the PostāSoviet period
The Second Economy and the Destabilizing Effect of Its Growth on the State Economy in the Soviet Union, 1965-1989
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