When and why did eastern European economies begin to fail? Lessons from a Czechoslovak/UK productivity comparison, 1921-1991

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-52

  Broadberry, Stephen ^a   Klein, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Czechoslovakia; Industrial productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650728006     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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