Prices, planners, and producers: An agency problem in soviet industry, 1928-1950

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1032-1062

  Harrison, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011170843     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700021720     Document Type: Review

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