Establishment of Special Economic Zones after the Moratorium: Motives, Trends, Patterns

Vladimir V. Gromov ()
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Vladimir V. Gromov: RANEPA, Moscow, Russian Federation

Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, 2024, issue 5, 60-77

Abstract: Improvement of the investment climate is one of the main priorities of the Russian tax policy, in which special economic zones (SEZ’s) play a significant role. The pace of their creation has increased significantly in recent years. The main idea, as always, is to attract investment. However, the more such zones appear, the more obvious becomes the gap in defining the strategic role of the SEZ regime, which has already been introduced in dozens of Russian regions, but still lacks a clear conceptualization. Moreover, the revival of interest in SEZ’s contrasts sharply with the recent moratorium on their creation. Such dramatic changes have underlying motives, the understanding of which is necessary to avoid a superficial view of investment attraction policies. Since they are currently of particular importance for ensuring macroeconomic stability, the purpose of the article is to identify the problems that may hinder the effective application of the SEZ regime in Russia. On this basis, the article systematizes the prerequisites for lifting the moratorium, establishes patterns and explains trends in the creation of SEZ’s, as well as gives proposals for the development of the concept of economic zoning.

Keywords: investment; investment climate; SEZ; preferential tax treatment; special economic zone; region; tax policy; tax regime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 L52 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2024-5-60-77

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