Oil and Gas: A Blessing for the Few. Hydrocarbons and Inequality within Regions in Russia

Tullio Buccellato and Tomasz Mickiewicz

Europe-Asia Studies, 2009, vol. 61, issue 3, 385-407

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09668130902753275

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