Characteristics of resource intensity and resource efficiency in Russian fuel and energy sector

Anna LOZHNIKOVA
Doctor of Economics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

Yulia RAZVADOVSKAYA
PhD in Economics, Senior Researcher, Center for Scientific Research «Tools, Mathematical and Intellectual Resources in the Economy» (SIC IMISE), Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Inna SHEVCHENKO
Doctor of Economics (DSc), Professor, Chief Researcher, Center for Scientific Research «Tools, Mathematical and Intellectual Resources in the Economy» (SIC IMISE), Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Dmitryi KHLOPTSOV
Doctor of Economics (DSc), Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

Sergey CHERNYAVSKIY
Doctor of Economics (DSc), Laboratory for Sustainable Development of theInstitute of Market Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

TERRA ECONOMICUS, 2016, Vol. 14 (no. 3),

p. 112-130
DOI: 10.18522/2073-6606-2016-14-3-112-130

The article discusses the correlation between dynamic series (2010–2013) indicators of the degree of wearand tear of fixed assets, the ratio of the index average annual number of employees of organizations and production index (resource use), capacity utilization (resource efficiency) species and subspecies of economic activities related to fuel energy complex (FEC). Describes the phenomenon of chronic (2005–2013 of the year), The lack of jobs, compared with the number of people employed in sectors of the domestic economy in the branches, by definition, considered the most capital-intensive and relatively high wear and tear of fixed capital. We formulate a thesis on the relationship between qualitative aspects associated with the radical process of change of ownership from the state to the sphere of production fuel and energy (2005–2013 of the year) And negative changes in the quantitative aspects of resource forecasting, resource consumption and resource efficiency by labor and capital in Russia. On the basis of the foreign statistics are compared domestic indicators with those of Brazil and Norway, where the predominant form of state ownership of the resources in the area of production of fuel and energy minerals.

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Keywords: capacity utilization; depreciation of fixed assets; employment; industrial capital; fuel and energy complex; ownership

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ISSN: 2073-6606