Public Finance in the Closed Cities of Russia

The Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 73-105, Spring 2004

32 Pages Posted: 3 May 2011 Last revised: 27 Jan 2015

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Gregory J. Brock

Georgia Southern University - Department of Economics

Date Written: 2004

Abstract

The closed cities of Russia are usually depicted in terms of their location production, and consequences for international security. However, be cause these cities are financed directly out of the federal budget, they also provide a window into Russia’s "nuclear fiscal federalism." The system of closed cities constitutes a fiscal archipelago that weakens the economic coherence of the Russian Federation, much like the former Gulag archipelago marred the Soviet Union’s credentials as a legitimate modern and democratic society. New data available allow for a closer analysis than was previously possible of how the closed cities suffered and recovered from Russia’s 1998 macroeconomic shock, illuminating trends in revenues and expenditures over the entire 1996-2000 period.

Keywords: ZATO, nuclear cities, Russia

Suggested Citation

Brock, Gregory, Public Finance in the Closed Cities of Russia (2004). The Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 73-105, Spring 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1829280

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