Evaluation of Effectiveness of the Regional Export Support System

Alexander Knobel – Head of Foreign Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute; Director of Center for Foreign Trade Department, Institute for Applied Economic Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Anna Loshchenkova – Research fellow of the Foreign Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute, Candidate of Economic Sciences. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Currently, export promotion in all countries pays a great attention, because it supports the highly efficient, competitive companies and industries, and production efficiency rises in other industries because of the overflows. In Russia export support is carried out at both federal and regional levels, however, exporters have noted high barriers of obtaining such support. In addition, the need to improve the efficiency of the export support system in Russia is driven by the goals of increasing exports set by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2018. The purpose of this article is an econometrical estimation of the impact of export support expenses in regional business development programs on regional export volumes and identification of preferred regions in terms of financing export support programs.

Key words: export support, intergovernmental transfers, export experience, regional export promotion centers.