Circumstances versus policy choices: Why has the economic performance of the Soviet successor states been so poor?

After the Collapse of Communism: Comparative Lessons of Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 96-129

  Popov, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84926097706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511751769.004     Document Type: Chapter

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