Structural change in Rumanian industry, 1938–63
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11600910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pong S Lee (Albany State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-228 |
| Publication date | 1968-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Soviet Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-5859 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09668136808410646 |
| OpenAlex | W1986721007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The official index of gross output claims a very rapid growth in Rumanian industry. From detailed physical output series, published for the first time in 1964, it is possible to check the consistency of the official index.1 An index of industrial output measuring the average growth of a sample of industrial products has been constructed by Professor John M. Montias and myself on the basis of Rumanian production data for 215 products.2 Our study shows that the rate of growth of Rumanian industrial output has indeed been very fast by any standard, and is perhaps one of the highest among Eastern European countries. In general, as one should expect from the priorities in communist planning, 'heavy industry' grew faster than 'light industry' in Rumania.3 As a consequence of these rapid and disparate rates of growth the Rumanian industrial structure underwent a profound transformation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern of changes in the industrial structure and to see whether this seemingly drastic redeployment of industry represents a pattern peculiar to communist economies or the more general pattern one might expect from an average noncommunist country at a similar stage of development. In our study we shall compare the evolution in the structure of Rumanian industry between 1938 and I963, based on our recalculation, with that of a typical non-communist country with the same per capita income and population size.4 The regression analysis that H. B. Chenery carried out with international cross-section data provides a reasonable basis for the derivation of such a typical economy.5 Chenery regressed production on per capita income and population size in six sectors of the economy and fifteen different branches of industry. The industrial structure derived from Chenery's regressions being a composite of 5I different
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 1974 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |