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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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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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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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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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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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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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The paper focuses on China’s economic integration with Asia region and the world. It also attempts to find the long run … relation with short run dynamics of China’s trade in Asia and the world. The augmented Dicky-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips … the economic integration of China’s export to the US and its import from Asian nations using monthly aggregate data from …
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the former Eastern Bloc countries and China whether they will continue to politically stable and their economy stays … note, I will mainly focus on China’s reform and institutional transition. This paper first views and evaluates the … achievements of China’s liberation and marketization reforms and institutional transition. Then it gives a rationale for China …
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buying locally made materials and intermediate goods it creates a good environment for the locally produced goods. For China … Financial Openness of China is showing mixed result, it increased until mid-1990s and it is showing the declining trend. In case …
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