Buccellato, T.;
Mickiewicz, T.;
(2007)
Oil and gas: a blessing for few hydrocarbons and within-region inequality in Russia.
(Economics Working Papers
80).
Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES, UCL: London, UK.
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Abstract
Building on earlier work on regional inequality in Russia (Fedorov 2002; Gaddy and Ickes 2005; Bradshaw 2006 and others) we investigate a novel line of research, i.e. to demonstrate that the regional oil and gas abundance is associated with high within-region inequality. We show empirically that hydrocarbons represent one of the leading determinants of an increased gap between rich and poor in the producing regions. We discuss a possible cluster of geographic, economic and political factors underlying the phenomenon.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Oil and gas: a blessing for few hydrocarbons and within-region inequality in Russia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/wp80sum.htm |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Please see http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/17689 for details of a version published in Europe-Asia Studies |
| Keywords: | Inequality, oil, gas, regions, Russia, state capture |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/17469 |
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