Transport Costs and the Size of Cities: the Case of Russia

Albrecht Kauffmann ()

No 93, Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge from Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract: Real costs of freight transportation have strong increased in Russia particularly during the period of price liberalization 1992--93. This paper investigates possible connections between rising transport costs and the evolution of the size structure of the system of cities in the Russian Federation and its federal subjects. Empirical findings suggest that under conditions of a closed system agglomeration processes according to the predictions of the model of Tabuchi, Thisse and Zeng (2005) would have taken place especially in the periphere regions of the North and Far East.

Keywords: Russian Federation; city system; transport costs; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P23 P25 R12 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-geo, nep-tra and nep-ure
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