Н.Г. Колесников.
Приграничность как фактор экономического развития региона
// Труды КарНЦ РАН. No 6. Сер. Регион: экономика и управление. 2012. C. 115-122
N.G. Kolesnikov. Borderness as a driver of regional economic development // Transactions of Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science. No 6. Region: Economy and Management. 2012. Pp. 115-122
Keywords: border regions, cross-border economic interactions, borderness, peripherality, new economic geography,spatial dimensions, socio-economic development
We investigate the effect of borderness on the social and economic development of regions in Russia and Finland. The concept of «borderness» is defined. The tools of new economic geography are employed to measure the compounds of peripherality and borderness. Three border regions in Russia are compared in terms of their peripherality and borderness. Policy recommendations are given for reducing peripherality and utilizing the borderness potential to enhance the region's economic environment.
