Comparative Assessment of the Internal and External Trading Interactions of the Far East of Russia

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	Regionalistica 2018 Volume 5 number 6 pages 37-52

Title of the article	Comparative Assessment of the Internal and External Trading Interactions of the Far East of Russia
Pages	37-52
Author 1	Izotov Dmitry Alexandrovich Ph.D. in economics, senior research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Author 2	Tochkov Kiril Iliyev Ph.D. in economics, associate professor Texas Christian University 2800 S. University Dr., Fort Worth, USA, 76129 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract	This paper uses a modified gravitational model to conduct a comparative assessment of the intensity of intraregional and external trade interactions of the Russian Far East. The analysis revealed that the Russian Far East traded more intensively with the domestic market than with foreign countries over the sample period. Another pattern detected in the paper is the deepening of internal disintegration of trade interactions within the macroregion. Most regions in the Russian Far East have been experiencing a shift in trade intensity from intraregional towards foreign markets. The results point to a trend of gradual change in the trade intensity of regions of the Russian Far East in favor of neighboring foreign markets and other Russian regions.
Code	332.1+339.9
DOI	10.14530/reg.2018.6.37
Keywords	trade barriers ♦ gravity model ♦ foreign trade ♦ foreign market ♦ domestic market ♦ intraregional market ♦ macroregion ♦ region ♦ Russian Far East
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For citation	Izotov D.A., Tochkov K.I. Comparative Assessment of the Internal and External Trading Interactions of the Far East of Russia. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2018. Vol. 5. No. 6. Pp. 37–52. DOI: 10.14530/reg.2018.6.37. (In Russian).
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