Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy

In this paper long-term growth in Russia’s economy is viewed in the context of technical progress, based on both neoclassical and endogenous theories. The dynamics of economic growth with some aspects of catch-up development are examined, as well as capital deepening. TFP is quantified in terms o...

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Main Author: Simon György Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics, Belgrade 2010-01-01
Series:Ekonomski Anali
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2010/0013-32641086007S.pdf
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description In this paper long-term growth in Russia’s economy is viewed in the context of technical progress, based on both neoclassical and endogenous theories. The dynamics of economic growth with some aspects of catch-up development are examined, as well as capital deepening. TFP is quantified in terms of both output and productivity increases to reveal the leading role of embodied technical progress in productivity growth. An endogenous growth model helped to discern three complex factors of technical progress in the Russian economy, to which at the macro level a factor related to natural wealth (oil and gas resources) was added. This enabled the author to conclude that the most important macroeconomic factor of Russia’s technical progress in the half century from the early 1960s to the late 2000s was its immobile component. At the manufacturing level the situation was more complicated, as the initial leadership of creative technical progress was superseded by the dominance of the mobile factor. The collapse of the Soviet Union made the Russian economy more service-oriented and radically changed the conditions of economic modernization, in which technology transfer ensured by FDI began to play a more prominent part, particularly after the default of 1998.
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spelling doaj.art-aa85d348d84441cc9bc9ef077879bde22022-12-22T00:26:06ZengFaculty of Economics, BelgradeEkonomski Anali0013-32642010-01-015518674110.2298/EKA1086007STechnical progress and its factors in Russia’s economySimon György Jr.In this paper long-term growth in Russia’s economy is viewed in the context of technical progress, based on both neoclassical and endogenous theories. The dynamics of economic growth with some aspects of catch-up development are examined, as well as capital deepening. TFP is quantified in terms of both output and productivity increases to reveal the leading role of embodied technical progress in productivity growth. An endogenous growth model helped to discern three complex factors of technical progress in the Russian economy, to which at the macro level a factor related to natural wealth (oil and gas resources) was added. This enabled the author to conclude that the most important macroeconomic factor of Russia’s technical progress in the half century from the early 1960s to the late 2000s was its immobile component. At the manufacturing level the situation was more complicated, as the initial leadership of creative technical progress was superseded by the dominance of the mobile factor. The collapse of the Soviet Union made the Russian economy more service-oriented and radically changed the conditions of economic modernization, in which technology transfer ensured by FDI began to play a more prominent part, particularly after the default of 1998.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2010/0013-32641086007S.pdftechnical progressnational economymanufacturingforeign direct investmentRussia
spellingShingle Simon György Jr.
Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy
Ekonomski Anali
technical progress
national economy
manufacturing
foreign direct investment
Russia
title Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy
title_full Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy
title_fullStr Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy
title_full_unstemmed Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy
title_short Technical progress and its factors in Russia’s economy
title_sort technical progress and its factors in russia s economy
topic technical progress
national economy
manufacturing
foreign direct investment
Russia
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