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Harrison, Mark and Zaksauskienė, Inga (2013) Counter-intelligence in a command economy. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2013 (Number 170).
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Abstract
We provide the first thick description of the KGB’s counter-intelligence
function in the Soviet command economy. Based on documentation from
Lithuania, the paper considers KGB goals and resources in relation to the
supervision of science, industry, and transport; the screening of business
personnel; the management of economic emergencies; and the design of
economic reforms. In contrast to a western market regulator, the role of
the KGB was to enforce secrecy, monopoly, and discrimination. As in the
western market context, regulation could give rise to perverse incentives
with unintended consequences. Most important of these may have been
adverse selection in the market for talent. There is no evidence that the
KGB was interested in the costs of its regulation or in mitigating the
negative consequences.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Communism -- Lithuania, Communism -- Soviet Union, Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti, Intelligence service -- Soviet Union | ||||
| Series Name: | CAGE Online Working Paper Series | ||||
| Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
| Official Date: | September 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 2013 | ||||
| Number: | Number 170 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 91 | ||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Funder: | University of Warwick, Vilniaus Universitetas, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace |
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