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Regional banking system in Russia: Trends and factors of spatial distribution
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2017-1-123-141
Abstract
We examine the spatial distribution of banks in Russian regions to identify the factors that affect changing territorial architecture of the banking system. The object of the study is dynamics of the number of commercial banks and their branches in 1991-2016. Besides the well-known tendency of concentration of the banking business in Moscow and reducing the number of banks in other regions we analyzed situation in the federal districts taking as an example the Siberian Federal District. This approach allowed us to formulate hypotheses about the causes of differences in the availability of banking institutions in Russian regions.
About the Authors
S. Ageeva
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. Mishura
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Ageeva S., Mishura A. Regional banking system in Russia: Trends and factors of spatial distribution. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2017;(1):123-141. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2017-1-123-141
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