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Russia and the Soviet Union Then and Now
Fischer, Stanley - 1992
The main focus of this paper is on the process and progress of economic reform in Russia. But I start with four … historical questions that bear on the current situation. How advanced was Russia in 1913? What relevance, if any, does the New … 1970s and 1980s? What role did Gorbachev's policies play in bringing about the final collapse of the Soviet Union? Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474902
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The Soviet Economic Decline : Historical and Republican Data
Easterly, William - 1994
Soviet growth over 1960-89 was the worst in the world after we control for investment and human capital; the relative performance worsens over time. The declining Soviet growth rate over 1950-87 is explained by the declining marginal product of capital; the rate of TFP growth is roughly constant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474190
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From Soviets to Oligarchs : Inequality and Property in Russia, 1905-2016
Novokmet, Filip - 2017
-income taxpayers) in order to provide consistent series on the accumulation and distribution of income and wealth in Russia from the … in the United States. We also find that inequality has increased substantially more in Russia than in China and other ex …-communist countries in Eastern Europe. We relate this finding to the specific transition strategy followed in Russia. According to our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453999
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Momentum in Imperial Russia
Goetzmann, William - 2015
delegated management in Imperial Russia. A regulatory change in 1893 made speculating on the St. Petersburg stock market more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456970
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Was Stalin Necessary for Russia's Economic Development?
Cheremukhin, Anton - 2013
This paper studies structural transformation of Soviet Russia in 1928-1940 from an agrarian to an industrial economy … through the lens of a two-sector neoclassical growth model. We construct a large dataset that covers Soviet Russia during 1928 …-1940 and Tsarist Russia during 1885-1913. We use a two-sector growth model to compute sectoral TFPs as well as distortions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459235
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The Transition Economies After Ten Years
Fischer, Stanley - 2000
While output declined in virtually all transition economies in the initial years, the speed and extent of the recovery that followed has varied widely across these countries. The contrast between the more and less successful transitions, the latter largely in the former Soviet Union, raises many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471103
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Economic Reforms and Labor Markets : Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile
Edwards, Sebastian - 2000
This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471121
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Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?
Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2010
Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude that the relation between openness and growth is not a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462077
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Why Isn't Mexico Rich?
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2010
Over the last three decades, Mexico has aggressively reformed its economy, opening to foreign trade and investment, achieving fiscal discipline, and privatizing state owned enterprises. Despite these efforts, the country's economic growth has been lackluster, trailing that of many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462187
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Financial Frictions and the Persistence of History : A Quantitative Exploration
Buera, Francisco J. - 2010
We quantify the role of financial frictions and the initial misallocation of resources in explaining development dynamics. Following a reform that triggers efficient reallocation of resources, our model economy with financial frictions converges slowly to the new steady state--it takes twice as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462256