Income inequality and oligarchs in Russian regions: A note

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.09.005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.09.005</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.09.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.09.005</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Income inequality and oligarchs in Russian regions: A note
Original language description
We trace the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia and examine their relationship to income distribution in Russia. When Russia moved to a market economy in the 1990s a new business elite evolved. Russia's distinctive path towards market economy, among other factors, gave rise to the oligarchs who now control large parts of the economy and have a strong standing within politics and society. Using a unique regional data set on the locations of oligarchs' businesses across the Russian regions, we test Acemoglu's (2008) proposition that oligarchic societies experience extreme income inequality. Our results show significantly higher levels of income inequality in regions with a higher presence of oligarchs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50201 - Economic Theory

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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