Regional Impacts of Liberalization of Barriers against Foreign Direct Investment in Services: The Case of Russia's Accession to the WTO

In this paper, the authors develop a 10-region comparative static computable general-equilibrium model of Russia to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization on the regions of Russia. The model allows for foreign direct investment in business services and endogenous productivity...

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Main Authors: Rutherford, Thomas F., Tarr, David G.
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4906