Content №4 от 2002
Russia's accession in the World Trade Organisation: economic consequences for regions
Before a very probable and near accession of Russia in the World Trade Organization the authors analyze the studies devoted to the consequences of this step for the economy of Russia's regions. The authors note a huge gap in the research of this problem, predominance of fragmentary valuations, the leading role of industry-related approach, a great number of speculative conclusions and the lack of proper instruments that would account for all the complexity of inter-industry and inter-regional interactions. According to the authors, for the national economy in general and for the eastern and northern areas, in particular, the balance of pluses and minuses of further liberalization of foreign trade and domestic economy is not in favor of the former.
