Modelling International Economic Integration and Regional Economic Development

About the Book

Ravshanbek Turabekovich Dalimov is an Uzbek native, born in 1967 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. His background is quite unique: he holds two Master's degrees received from the Physics Department of the Tashkent State University (1991), specializing in Theoretical Physics, and from the Law Department of the National University of Uzbekistan (2000). In 1990-1991 he also studied at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) under an exchange program of the "Seattle-Tashkent" sister city committee. In 2003 Dalimov receives a PhD on the topic "World experience on pension system reform and its implementation in transition economies". In 2005 he is awarded by degree of Assistant Professor at World Economy and International Economic Relations. Finally, in 2008 Dalimov successfully defends his second thesis "Modeling international economic integration and regional economic development" for the degree of the Doctor of Economic Sciences.

Experience of Dalimov was first in the business field starting at 1991 up to 2000. By the end of the period he was among leading importers of Uzbekistan, being a partner in 7 wholesale trading companies and 5 manufacturing facilities as well.

In 2004 he initiated and was the first CEO of the Credit union "Universitet" serving the needs of mainly the staff of the National University of Uzbekistan. Since 2000 he starts academic career of economist, gradually becoming a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Head of Business Administration at the Economics Department of the National University of Uzbekistan.

About the Author

The book provides a new insight in the area of modeling international economic integration by developing the dynamic oscillation model of regional economic dynamics. The way the research was conducted allowed:

• to show qualitatively that economic integration is beneficial to its participants;
• to show an oscillation origin of the dynamics of the value added;
• to obtain simple technique in forecasting the GDP of integrated states based on oscillations of the value added of sectors of integrated states;
• to show that formation of industrial clusters fit in to this theory which seem to be described under one umbrella uniting both macro- (the GDP and value added of sectors) and micro- (prices and outputs) economic dynamics;
• to obtain expression for the dynamics of labor, capital and value added prior and after economic integration;
• to develop the dynamic matrix of economy based on Volterra's "predator-prey" model.

The book is designated for a worldwide audience of economists studying and researching international economic integration; practitioners in the field; scholars and graduate students at economic departments of universities.