Доклад "Agglomeration effects in Russian manufacturing"

17-го января 2017 года Международный центр изучения институтов и развития НИУ ВШЭ (МЦИИР ВШЭ), Лаборатория исследования социальных отношений и многообразия общества РЭШ (ЛИСОМО РЭШ), а также семинар "Политическая экономика" провели первый в этом году совместный семинар по Разнообразию и развитию.

С докладом  "Agglomeration effects in Russian manufacturing"выступила Татьяна Михайлова, доцент Экономического факультета и старший научный сотрудник Института прикладных экономических исследований РАНХиГС.

 Аннотация доклада: Large cities generate agglomeration economies – productivity advantages for firms, but competition is also stronger in large integrated markets. We analyze productivity of Russian manufacturing firms, estimate the size of agglomeration economies in modern Russia and look for the evidence of competitive selection effects. The estimated elasticity of firm-level productivity to the city size in Russia is generally higher than the average for the developed countries, and only a negligibly small fraction of it is due to city size endogeneity. We find no evidence of competitive firm selection at the lower end and some evidence of dilation of the upper end of productivity distribution in large markets. Thus, as of today, pure agglomeration effects are strong and local competitive pressures are rather weak for Russian manufacturing. Consumer-oriented industries benefit more from agglomeration, while in resource-based industries agglomeration effects are much weaker.