Regional Household and Poverty Effects of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization

dc.creatorRutherford, Thomas
dc.creatorTarr, David
dc.date2012-05-29T16:11:08Z
dc.date2012-05-29T16:11:08Z
dc.date2008-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:15:25Z
dc.descriptionThis paper develops a seven-region comparative static computable general equilibrium model of Russia to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization on these seven regions (the federal okrugs) of Russia. In order to assess poverty and distributional impacts, the model includes ten households in each of the seven federal okrugs, where household data are taken from the Household Budget Survey of Rosstat. The model allows for foreign direct investment in business services and endogenous productivity effects from additional varieties of business services and goods, which the analysis shows are crucial to the results. National welfare gains are about 4.5 percent of gross domestic product in the model, but in a constant returns to scale model they are only 0.1 percent. All deciles of the population in all seven federal okrugs can be expected to significantly gain from Russian World Trade Organization accession, but due to the capacity of their regions to attract foreign direct investment, households in the Northwest region gain the most, followed by households in the Far East and Volga regions. Households in Siberia and the Urals gain the least. Distribution impacts within regions are rather flat for the first nine deciles; but the richest decile of the population in the three regions that attract a lot of foreign investment gains significantly more than the other nine representative households in those regions.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9121130/regional-household-poverty-effects-russias-accession-world-trade-organization
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6548
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4570
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416497
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4570
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNTANT
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectAFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBANK POLICY
dc.subjectBANKING SERVICES
dc.subjectBARRIER
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBIASES
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectBUDGETING
dc.subjectBUSINESS CYCLES
dc.subjectCAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subjectCAPITAL FUND
dc.subjectCAPITAL OWNERS
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCOST STRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOST STRUCTURES
dc.subjectCOUNTRY MARKETS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
dc.subjectDOLLAR VALUE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectEARNINGS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCLUSION
dc.subjectEXPATRIATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFACTORS OF PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFEDERAL RESERVE
dc.subjectFEDERAL RESERVE BANK
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFIRM PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectFIXED COST
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFOREIGN BANKS
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN FIRMS
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subjectFOREIGN OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFREE TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT REVENUE
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT REVENUES
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectHOLDING
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectIMPERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subjectIMPORT DUTIES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURANCE MARKET
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT BARRIERS
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT GAINS
dc.subjectJOINT VENTURE
dc.subjectJOINT VENTURE PARTNERS
dc.subjectJOINT VENTURES
dc.subjectJURISDICTION
dc.subjectJURISDICTIONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLEGAL JURISDICTION
dc.subjectLEGAL JURISDICTIONS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST
dc.subjectMARGINAL COSTS
dc.subjectMARGINAL REVENUE
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMARKET ECONOMY
dc.subjectMARKET PRICES
dc.subjectMONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
dc.subjectMONOPOLY
dc.subjectMULTINATIONAL
dc.subjectMULTINATIONAL FIRMS
dc.subjectMULTINATIONALS
dc.subjectMUTUAL FUND
dc.subjectNATIONAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectOPEN ECONOMY
dc.subjectOPTIMIZATION
dc.subjectOUTPUTS
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP SHARES
dc.subjectPACIFIC REGION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPRICE TAKERS
dc.subjectPRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPROFITABILITY
dc.subjectQUOTA RENTS
dc.subjectREAL EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectREGULATORY BARRIERS
dc.subjectREGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectRETURN
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSAVINGS RATES
dc.subjectSECURITIES
dc.subjectSHARE OF CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subjectSOURCE OF INFORMATION
dc.subjectSUPPLY CURVES
dc.subjectTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTAX RETURNS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTOTAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE REGIME
dc.subjectTRADING
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION SERVICES
dc.subjectUNION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectURUGUAY ROUND
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWESTERN EUROPE
dc.subjectWORLD MARKET
dc.subjectWORLD MARKETS
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectWTO
dc.titleRegional Household and Poverty Effects of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization

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