ABSTRACT

Estimates of the gross urban product (GUP), GUP per capita and GUP growth rates are compared with the level and evolution of gross domestic product (GDP) and gross regional product (GRP) to examine relationships between the structure of urban economies and economic development. Agglomeration economies are manifested in the largest capital cities of Russian regions, but the benefits differ significantly between capital cities since they depend on economic structure and efficiency. A test of the hypothesis that housing construction is a driver of the economic growth of capital city economies was rejected because no causal relationship was found between housing construction and GUP in most of the cities.

摘要

将城市总产值（GUP），人均GUP和GUP增长率的估计值与国内生产总值（GDP）和区域总产值（GRP）的水平和演变进行比较，以检验城市经济结构与经济发展之间的关系。集聚经济体现在俄罗斯最大的省会城市中，但省会之间的收益差异很大，因为它们取决于经济结构和效率。关于住房建设是首都经济增长的驱动力这一假设的检验被拒绝了，因为在大多数城市中，住房建设与GUP之间没有发现因果关系。