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This paper analyzes the geographical patterns of city growth in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation in relation to the Stalinist policies of the 1930s to 1950s, and WWII. Using a unique data set on the locations of Gulag camps, and on the evacuation of industrial enterprises during WWII,...
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National Economy of the USSR, 1923―24. In The Balance was exposed for the first time the modern principles of national …
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Based on first-hand account, this paper offers evidence on price setting and price adjustment mechanisms that were illegally employed under the Soviet planning and rationing regime. The evidence is anecdotal, and is based on personal experience during the years 1960–1971 in the Republic of...
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This paper investigates the extent of distortions in Russia's spatial economy that are inherited from the Soviet system. Using Canada as a benchmark for spatial dynamics of economic activity in a market economy, I construct the spatial allocation of population that would result in Russia, given...
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In this paper, the city rank-size hypothesis is tested for the urban system of the USSR and the Republic of Ukraine …
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-size distribution hypothesis and to expand the analysis initiated by Harris (1970) on the USSR. …
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In this paper Pasinetti’s model of structural economic dynamics (1981) is extended to consider international economic relations. Conditions for full employment, full expenditure of income and equilibrium of the trade balance are established for an open economy that requires capital goods to...
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earlier paper. China is emerging as a strong trade partner of Nigeria and significantly influences its natural resource …
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The formidable economic growth of China in the past few decades led to outstanding improvements in virtually all …, this paper identifies the predictors of the trend of life satisfaction in China between 1990 and 2007. Our findings suggest …
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This paper studies the causes and consequences of political centralization and fragmentation in China and Europe. We … argue that the severe and unidirectional threat of external invasion fostered political centralization in China while Europe … the frequency of nomadic attacks and the number of regimes in China. Our model allows us to explore the economic …
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