Oil and gas: a blessing for few hydrocarbons and within-region inequality in Russia

Tullio Buccellato; Tomasz Mickiewicz

Oil and gas: a blessing for few hydrocarbons and within-region inequality in Russia

Tullio Buccellato
, Tomasz Mickiewicz

Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

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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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London (UK)
Publisher	University College London
Number of pages	34
Publication status	Published - Sept 2007

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Name	Economics working paper
Publisher	UCL SSEES : Centre for comparative economics
No.	80

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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

inequality
oil
gas
regions
Russia
state capture

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