New viewpoint at the Russian space: regional transport tax
The spatial distribution of regional transport tax rates is an interesting and new object of geographical research, synthesizing the analysis of territorial structures and institutions. The undertaken study on the materials of 2018 data made it possible to draw several conclusions: 1) the regions of Siberia and the Far East differ from those of Central Russia by lower rates of transport tax for many types of vehicles;2) the pre-Urals axis is found from the Komi Republic to the Republic of Bashkortostan of the regions with maximum transport tax rates on low-power motorcycles and cars (up to 45 hp); 3) within Central Russia, a steady «wedge» of regions along the Smolensk-Perm axis is found with low transport tax rates on SUVs and superbikes. Discovered territorial structures and clusters of regions with similar transport tax rates confirm the existence of a spatial dimension in economic institutions, the possibility and ne- cessity of its identification and analysis.