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CONTENTS SOCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND FISCAL POLICY ISSUES IN THE RUSSIAN NORTH AND ARCTIC Kurilo A. E., Prokopyev E. A. Wage disparities across municipalities in northern Russian re g io n s............................................................................. 7 Chizhova L. A., Tutygin A. G., Khadyko A. I. Assessing the financial stability of Russia's Arctic regions: The principle of reasonable su fficien cy................... 25 Chapargina A. N. Managing household financial security in the Russian A r c tic .......................................................................................... 41 Krapivin D. S. Improving investment attraction for sustainable development in the Murmansk Region under new geopolitical co nd itio n s........................................................................................................................................... 55 SOCIO -ECONOM IC DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN AND ARCTIC MUN ICIPALITIES AND REGIONS Vladimirova O. N., Ilyashenko S. B. Business specialization as a driver of monotown de velopm en t..................................................................................... 66 Zhigunova G. V., Sharova E. N., Maleus D. V. Corporate social responsibility practices and employee satisfaction in a major public company: Evidence from the Murmansk R e g io n ..................................................................................................................................... 83 Terentyeva M. A. Labor markets and small business employment in northern regions: Regional and sectoral characteristics .... 97 Kuznetsova M. N. The labor market in the Russian Arctic in the era of digital transfo rm ation................................................................ 112 Kondratovich D. L., Tokarenko A. A., Kalugina A. S. Enhancing the quality of municipal governance through public engagement: Evidence from a 2025 expert su rv e y ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 128 SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC AND NORTH Sergunin A. A. Assessing the applicability of the Blue Economy concept to the development of the Northern Sea R o u te ..... 141 Shavykin А. А., Karnatov А. N. The use of ordinal data in environmental and economic assessments: Applications in the Russian A rc tic ...... 153 VIEW PO INT Tananaev I. G., Krivovichev S. V., Aksenov S. M. The Arctic: Grand ch a llen ge s...................................................................................................................................................... 167