Economists, Soviet growth slowdown and the collapse

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 675-695

  Kontorovich, V ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034896938     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668130120060224     Document Type: Article

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