Such a beautiful dream: How Russia did not become a market economy

Russian Review

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-208

  Hedlund, Stefan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 51249126767     PISSN: 00360341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9434.2008.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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