ASSESSMENT OF THE REGION'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL FOR CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

Regional cluster policy is often the basis for the federal center's decisions to support and subsidize a particular industry. In this regard, it is important to regularly diagnose the work of economic clusters in the regions, and in their absence - to identify the industries that are most developed on the territory under consideration and suitable for the formation of such agglomerations. The purpose of this study is to assess the economic potential of regions for the creation and development of clusters in the Black Earth region of Russia. The average employment coefficient by industry and the coefficient of their localization in the regions of the Black Earth Region for 2012-2020are calculated in the article. Structural shifts were analyzed and MIX- and DIF-effects were assessed for the same period. The calculation of the specialization coefficient showed that the types of economic activities that should not be considered as a base for the creation of economic clusters include health care, public administration, real estate operations, and other services. The types of economic activities that have potential for the creation of economic clusters in the Black Earth regions include agriculture (crop and livestock farming) and manufacturing. Developing sectors due to local demand are mining, construction, trade and information and communication activities.