Wage Control and Inflation in the Soviet Bloc Countries
Title | Wage Control and Inflation in the Soviet Bloc Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Adam |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 1979-06-17 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1349048925 |
Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Title | Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Franklyn D. Holzman |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780822308522 |
Economic reform, structural adjustment, macroeconomic stabilization, and participation in the world economy are interconnected aspects of the same issue: the long-term economic viability of centrally planned economies in the rapidly changing economic environment of the modern world. Any economic strategy that focuses on only one or two of these aspects at the expense of the others is likely to fail; yet even strategies that build on all of these bases may well fail unless political leaders can muster exceptional skill, garner international support, and enjoy some good luck. The contributions to this volume reflect the recent research on this issue by various specialists on the economies of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Each author emphasizes macroeconomic stabilization, structural adjustment, participation in the larger world economy, or ecomonic reform.
IMF Conditionality
Title | IMF Conditionality PDF eBook |
Author | Mr.James John |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1995-09-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781557755001 |
This paper is part II of a two-volume study conducted as a part of the IMF's ongoing process of evaluating its lending facilities. It focuses on IMF-supported programs and macroeconomic performance during 1988-92, reflecting information available through the end of 1993. Part I (Occasional Paper No. 128) provides an overview of the principal issues and findings and distills the main message for future programs. Part II presents detailed examinations of selected policy issues in five background papers.
Economic Reforms and Welfare Systems in the USSR, Poland and Hungary
Title | Economic Reforms and Welfare Systems in the USSR, Poland and Hungary PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Adam |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1991-06-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1349116904 |
The contributors to this volume analyze the rise of the socialist welfare system, its advantages and disadvantages. The main focus of the volume is the analysis of the changes carried out and also those expected in the welfare system in the USSR, Poland and Hungary as a result of economic reforms.
Planning and Market in Soviet and East European Thought, 1960s–1992
Title | Planning and Market in Soviet and East European Thought, 1960s–1992 PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Adam |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2016-07-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1349227560 |
This book discusses the evolution of ideas about the desirable combination of planning and market in the former Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary since the 1960s, when major economic reforms started, up to 1991 when the countries have been engaged in a transformation of their economies into market economies. It also discusses the common and contrasting features of the debates which evolved in the countries under review.
Collected Works of Domenico Mario Nuti, Volume I
Title | Collected Works of Domenico Mario Nuti, Volume I PDF eBook |
Author | Saul Estrin |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 620 |
Release | 2023-05-20 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3031123344 |
This book, the first of two volumes, brings together the work of Domenico Mario Nuti to highlight his significant and varied contribution to economics. Bringing together works from across Nuti’s career, his distinctive intellectual framework is exemplified in relation to discussions on the drivers of economic growth and development, the most efficient economic system, the organisation of firms, and how economies should be managed. This volume gives particular attention to socialist economic systems, and the transition of former socialist countries to market economies. This book, through the inclusion of an introduction, aims to contextualise his ideas and illustrate their continued relevance. It will be of wide interest to students and researchers.
Models of Disequilibrium and Shortage in Centrally Planned Economies
Title | Models of Disequilibrium and Shortage in Centrally Planned Economies PDF eBook |
Author | C.M. Davis |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9400908237 |
The centrally planned economies (CPEs) of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have experienced severe imbalances in domestic and external markets over the past several decades. As a result, they have been chronically afflicted by problems such as excess demand, repressed inflation, deficits of commodities, queues, waiting lists, and forced savings. Economists have responded to these phenomena by developing appropriate theoretical and empirical models of CPEs. Of particular note have been the pioneering studies of Richard Portes on disequilibrium econometric models and Janos Kornai on the shortage economy. Each approach has attracted followers who have produced numerous, innovative macro- and microeconomic models of Poland, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, and the USSR. These models have proved to be of considerable value in the analysis of the causes, consequences and remedies of disequilibrium phenomena. Inevitably, the new research has also generated controversies both between and within the schools of shortage and disequilibrium modelling, concerning the fundamental nature of the socialist economy, theoretical concepts and definitions, the specification of models, estimation techniques, interpretation of empirical findings, and policy recommend ations. Furthermore, the research effort has been energetic but incomplete, so many gaps exist in the field.