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Gregory, Paul and Harrison, Mark, 1949-. (2005) Allocation under dictatorship : research in Stalin’s archives. Journal of Economic Literature, Vol.43 (No.3). pp. 721-761. ISSN 0022-0515

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Abstract

We survey recent research on the Soviet economy in the state, party, and military archives of the Stalin era. The archives have provided rich new evidence on the economic arrangements of a command system under a powerful dictator including Stalin’s role in the making of the economic system and economic policy, Stalin’s accumulation objectives and the constraints that limited his power to achieve them, the limits to administrative allocation, the information flows and incentives that governed the behavior of economic managers, the scope and significance of corruption and market-oriented behavior, and the prospects for economic reform.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 20th century, Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Economic Literature
Publisher:	American Economic Association
ISSN:	0022-0515
Date:	September 2005
Volume:	Vol.43
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 721-761
Identification Number:	10.1257/002205105774431225
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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