Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

Customs Unionand the Single Economic SpaceThe Economic Effectsof the Creation of the SingleEconomic Space and PotentialAccession of Ukraine 11Viktor IvanterValery GeetsVladimir YasinskiyAlexander ShirovAndrey AnisimovViktor Ivanter – Russian economist, academic of the RussianAcademy of Sciences (since 2000), and an expert in economic,finance and banking analysis and forecasting. Since 1997, hehas been heading the Institute of Economic Forecasting at theRussian Academy of Sciences (IEF RAS). He is also the chairmanof the Institute’s dissertation council, a board member of the FreeEconomic Society, and the chief editor of the Studies on RussianEconomic Development (Problemy Prognozirovaniya) journal.Valery Geets – Ph.D. in economics, academic of the National Academy of Sciences ofUkraine; an honoured master of sciences and engineering, and a laureate of the stateprize. Since 1997, he has been heading the Institute of Economics and Forecasting atthe National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IEF NASU) and since 1998, academiciansecretary of the Economics Department at NASU.Vladimir Yasinskiy – Head of Strategy and Research Department, Member ofthe Board at the Eurasian Development Bank. He was trained as economist at theEconomic Faculty of Moscow State University and at the Institute for Economy of theRussian Academy of Sciences (post-graduate studies). His professional record includesteaching at the People’s Friendship University in Moscow and multiple assignmentsin Nepal, China and India in the capacity of deputy Trade representative as well asdeputy representative of Gazprom in China. He is with the Eurasian DevelopmentBank since 2006.E-mail: yasinskiy_va@eabr.orgAlexander Shirov – Candidate of economic sciences, head of laboratory and memberof the academic council at IEF RAS. His areas of expertise include the analysisand forecasting of the national economy, intersectoral studies, and foreign traderelationships.E-mail: schir@ecfor.ruAndrey Anisimov – Head of a division at the EDB Centre for Integration Studies. Hemajored in economics at the St. Petersburg State University. His areas of expertise areeconomics and economic integration. He has authored a number of publications.E-mail: anisimov_am@eabr.org1This article has been prepared based on a research conducted from Russia – by Prof. V. Ivanter, RAS member, M. Uzyakov,D. Kuvalin, I. Frolov, A. Shirov, A. Moiseyev, M. Gusev, A. Yantovskiy, and V. Potapenko, junior research fellow; from Ukraine– by Prof. V. Geets, NASU member, L. Shinkaruk, T. Shinkorenko, and Y. Gerasimova; from the Eurasian Development Bank– E. Vinokurov and A. Anisimov.Eurasian Development Bank19