Institutional Factor in International Economic Activity of Region and Its Socio-Economic Development

Authors

  • Elena Leonidovna Andreeva Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; Ural State University of Economics
  • Aleksandr Fyodorovich Linetsky Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; Ural State University of Economics
  • Artem Vitalyevich Ratner Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS
  • Darya Evgenyevna Kuznetsova Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17059/2016-4-7

Keywords:

institutional factor, international economic activity, international trade, international economic agreements, regional economic development, international measurements, international economic associations, efficient international economic contacts, international trade structure, qualitative and quantitative effect

Abstract

The article substantiates the impact of the institutional factor on the development of regional international economic relations. The scope of the study is regional international economic activity (IEA), the subject-matter is the role of the institutional factor in its development. The study purpose is to develop a scientific approach for the assessment of the institutional factor impact on the development of region's international economic relations. The hypothesis is that the targeted efforts of all participants of IEA of the region (business, authorities, local community) to strengthen of theese components of the institutional factor, which have a strong influence on the regional socio-economic development. A methodological approach for the assessment of this influenceis developed. It includes determining three elements of IEA institutionalization -agreements, organizations, events. A three-dimensional model is proposed for the coordination of these elements with 3 groups of countries-developed, developing and CIS, including the Eurasian Economic Union, and also with basic indexes characterizing the qualitative and quantitative contribution of region's IEA into its socio-economic development. This model is tested on the example of the Sverdlovsk region of Russia for 2003-2015. That has allowed to define various kinds of the effects from strenthening the IEA institutional component, which are expressed in the increase of the export of the region, improvement of its investment attractiveness, the diversification of regional economy as well as the the generation of additional jobs and tax flows increase.

Author Biographies

Elena Leonidovna Andreeva, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; Ural State University of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Centre of Regional Comparative Research, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; Professor of Global Economic Department, Ural State University of Economics (29, Moskovskaya St., Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation; e-mail: elenandr@mail.ru).

Aleksandr Fyodorovich Linetsky, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; Ural State University of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Assistant Professor, Professor of Foreign Economic Activity Department, Ural State University of Economics; Leading Research Associate, Centre of Regional Comparative Research, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS (62, 8 March St., Ekaterinburg, 620144, Russian Federation; e-mail: lin-af@mail.ru).

Artem Vitalyevich Ratner, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS

PhD in Economics, Research Associate, Centre of Regional Comparative Research, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS (29, Moskovskaya St., Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation; e-mail: aratner@inbox.ru).

Darya Evgenyevna Kuznetsova, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS

PhD Student, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS (29, Moskovskaya St., Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation; e-mail: gubarenko.daria@gmail.com).

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28.12.2016

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Andreeva, E. L., Linetsky, A. F., Ratner, A. V., & Kuznetsova, D. E. (2016). Institutional Factor in International Economic Activity of Region and Its Socio-Economic Development. Economy of Regions, 12(4), 1050–1059. https://doi.org/10.17059/2016-4-7

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