Innovative Sources of Russian Regions Economic Growth in the Period of External Shocks: Comparative Dynamics

ERI FEB RAS	Issue's contents	RUS
	Regionalistica 2026 Volume 13 number 2 pages 18-41

Title of the article	Innovative Sources of Russian Regions Economic Growth in the Period of External Shocks: Comparative Dynamics
Pages	18-41
Author	Domnich Yegor Leonidovich candidate of sciences (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. ORCID: 0000-0002-1379-8053
Abstract	The study provides an assessment and comparative spatial and temporal analysis of the dynamics of four indicators of innovative sources of economic growth in 76 regions of Russia in 2005–2024: research and development expenditures, the use of advanced production technologies, the expenditures on technological innovation and the release of innovative goods. The indicators are normalized for the number of researchers, employment, and the number of industrial enterprises; the cost indicators are recalculated to constant prices in 2005. It was established that the first sanctions shock was the most important external shock in terms of its impact on the long- term dynamics of innovation indicators in the country’s regions. It interrupted the positive dynamics of the cost indicators of innovation, typical for 2005–2014 in most regions, transferring the long-term dynamics to stagnation or even decline. Comparative analysis of the development of regions with a similar development trajectory in 2005–2024 showed that by the end of the observation period, the regions that did not experience the structural shift associated with the first sanctions shock of 2014–2015 were able to achieve the highest results.
Code	330.3+311.3+332.1
DOI	10.14530/reg.2026.2.18
Keywords	technological innovations, external shocks, structural shifts, the first sanctions shock, economic growth, regions of Russia
Download	2026-02.18.pdf
For citation	Domnich Y.L. Innovative Sources of Russian Regions Economic Growth in the Period of External Shocks: Comparative Dynamics. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2026. Vol. 13. No. 2. Pp. 18–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2026.2.18 (In Russian)
References	1. Domnich Y.L. Innovation As a Factor of Changing the Productivity of Enterprises: Measurement and Interpretation Issues. Prostranstvennaya ekonomika = Spatial Economics. 2022. Vol. 18. No. 4. Pp. 93–127. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2022.4.093-127 (In Russian) 2. Domnich Ye.L. Patent Statistics As a Measuring Instrument for Science and Innovation Economy in Russian Regions. Innovatsii [Innovations]. 2013. No. 5. Pp. 92–95. (In Russian) 3. Domnich Y.L. The Economic Effects of Technological Innovations in the Manufacturing Industry of Russia and the Russian Far East. Prostranstvennaya ekonomika = Spatial Economics. 2023. Vol. 19. No. 4. Pp. 84–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2023.4.084116 (In Russian) 4. Lenchuk E.B. Technological Modernization As a Basis for the Anti-Sanctions Policy. Problemy prognozirovaniya [Studies on Russian Economic Development]. 2023. Vol. 34. No. 4. Pp. 464–472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S107570072304010X (In Russian) 5. Oslo Manual. Tomsk, 2011. 205 p. (In Russian) 6. Shkodinsky S.V., Kushnir A.M., Prodchenko I.A. The Impact of Sanctions on Russia’s Technological Sovereignty. Problemy rynochnoy ekonomiki [Market Economy Problems]. 2022. No. 2. Pp. 75–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.33051/25002325202227596 (In Russian) 7. Aghion P., Howitt P. A Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction. Econometrica. 1992. Vol. 60. No. 2. Pp. 323–351. https://doi.org/10.2307/2951599 8. Becheikh N., Landry R., Amara N. Lessons from Innovation Empirical Studies in the Manufacturing Sector: A Systematic Review of the Literature From 1993–2003. Technovation. 2006. Vol. 26. Issue 5–6. Pp. 644–664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2005.06.016 9. Belozyorov S.A., Sokolovska O. Economic Sanctions Against Russia: Assessing the Policies to Overcome Their Impact. Ekonomika regiona = Economy of Regions. 2020. Vol. 16. No. 4. Pp. 1115–1131. http://dx.doi.org/10.17059/ekon.reg.2020-4-8 10. Blanco L.R., Gu J., Prieger J.E. The Impact of Research and Development on Economic Growth and Productivity in the U.S. States. Southern Economic Journal. 2015. Vol. 82. No. 3. Pp. 914–934. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12107 11. Chow G.C. Tests of Equality Between Sets of Coefficients in Two Linear Regressions. Econometrica. 1960. No. 28. Pp. 591–605. https://doi.org/10.2307/1910133 12. Godin B. Research and Development: How the ‘D’ Got into R&D. Science and Public Policy. 2006. Vol. 33. No. 1. Pp. 59–76. https://doi.org/10.3152/147154306781779190 13. Grossman G.M., Helpman E. Endogenous Innovation in the Theory of Growth. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 1994. Vol. 8. No. 1. Pp. 23–44. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.8.1.23 14. Howitt P. Endogenous Growth and Cross-Country Income Differences. American Economic Review. 2000. Vol. 90. No. 4. Pp. 829–884. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.90.4.829 15. Howitt P., Mayer-Foulkes D. R&D, Implementation, and Stagnation: A Schumpeterian Theory of Convergence Clubs. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 2005. Vol. 37. No. 1. Pp. 147–177. 16. Kacprzyk A., Swieczewska I. Is R&D Always Growth-Enhancing? Empirical Evidence from the EU Countries. Applied Economics Letters. 2019. Vol. 26. No. 2. Pp. 163–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2018.1444257 17. Kaneva M., Untura G. Innovation Indicators and Regional Growth in Russia. Economic Change and Restructuring. 2016. Vol. 50. No. 2. Pp. 133–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-016-9184-z 18. Kaneva M., Untura G. The Impact of R&D and Knowledge Spillovers on the Economic Growth of Russian Regions. Growth and Change. 2019. No. 50. Pp. 301–334. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.1228 19. Kim Y.K., Lee K., Park W.G., Choo K. Appropriate Intellectual Property Protection and Economic Growth in Countries at Different Levels of Development. Research Policy. 2012. Vol. 41. No. 2. Pp. 358–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2011.09.003 20. Kolluru S., Mukhopadhaya P. Empirical Studies on Innovation Performance in the Manufacturing and Service Sectors Since 1995: A Systematic Review. Economic Papers. 2017. Vol. 36. Issue 2. Pp. 223–248. https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12167 21. Lee H.-S., Kurbatskii A.N. Research and Development As a Determinant of Growth in Entrepreneurial Activity in Russian Regions. R-Economy. 2026. Vol. 12. No. 1. Pp. 76–93. https://doi.org/10.15826/recon.2026.12.1.005 22. Li X., Liang F., Pi Y., Chen D. The Impact of R&D Factors Flow and Regional Absorptive Capacity on China’s Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence. PLOS One. 2024. Vol. 19. No. 11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310476 23. Nair M., Pradhan R.P., Arvin M.B. Endogenous Dynamics Between R&D, ICT and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from the OECD Countries. Technology in Society. 2020. Vol. 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101315 24. Nguyen C.P., Doytch N. The Impact of ICT Patents on Economic Growth: An International Evidence. Telecommunications Policy. 2022. Vol. 46. No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102291 25. Rastvortseva S.N., Zemlyanskaya S.V., Akimova O.E. Assessment of the Impact of Innovative Factors on Economic Growth of the Russian Regions. In: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference «Competitive, Sustainable and Secure Development of the Regional Economy: Response to Global Challenges» (CSSDRE 2018). https://doi.org/10.2991/cssdre-18.2018.127 26. Shakib M. Innovation and Regional Economic Growth in Russia: Roles of Trade Integration, Sanctions and Investment Potential. Journal of Applied Economic Research. 2024. Vol. 23. No. 4. Pp. 979–1016. https://doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2024.23.4.039 27. Sokolov-Mladenovic S., Cvetanovic S., Mladenovic I. R&D Expenditure and Economic Growth: EU28 Evidence for the Period 2002–2012. Economic Research. 2016. Vol. 29. No. 1. Pp. 1005–1020. https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2016.1211948
Financing	The article was carried out within the state assignment for research work of the Institute of Economic Research FEB RAS.
Date