Spruk, Rok; Kovač, Mitja; Garoupa, Nuno - In: The European Journal of Comparative Economics (EJCE) 21 (2024) 2, pp. 167-210
This study investigates the long-term impact of socialism on economic growth, focusing on the unique case of labor-managed socialism in former Yugoslavia. By comparing Slovenia with OECD and East Asian donor countries that did not undergo postwar socialist transitions, we estimate counterfactual...