Quality, experience, and monopoly: The Soviet market for weapons under Stalin

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-142

  Markevich, Andrei ^a,b,c,d   Harrison, Mark ^a,b,c,d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE INDUSTRY; GOODS EXCHANGE; MARKET SYSTEM; MONOPOLY; WEAPON;

EID: 33646574990     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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