Measuring the performance of a communist command economy: An assessment of the CIA estimates for the U.S.S.R

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-323

  Maddison, Angus ^a  

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EID: 0032286748     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1998.tb00284.x     Document Type: Article

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