The impact of railway construction on the industrialization of the Russian Empire

Dmitry Churakov ()
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Dmitry Churakov: Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

No 71, Working Papers from Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics

Abstract: I have carried out a quantitative analysis of the influence of the development of the railway infrastructure in the Russian Empire on its industrial development. This topic is practically not worked out in the modern economic literature, despite the existence of the necessary tools and works devoted to this process in other countries... The results I have obtained do not support the hypothesis that the proximity to the railways had a positive effect on the population growth of the counties of the European part of the Russian Empire, on their urbanization and on industrial development, which I understand as the use of new engines by firms in production. Such conclusions are consistent with the Vogelian view that railways were not such an important driver of economic growth in the 19th century.

Keywords: railways; urbanization; industry; economy of the Russian Empire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N73 O14 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2024-04
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