Plans, prices, and corruption: The Soviet firm under partial centralization, 1930 to 1990

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-41

  Harrison, Mark ^a,c   Kim, Byung Yeon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CENTRALIZATION; CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 33645076772     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000015     Document Type: Article

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