The Classical Soviet-Type Economy
Nature of the System and Implications for Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4028985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard E Ericson (0000-0001-6846-5136, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, New York, New York., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 11-27 |
| Publication date | 1991-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.5.4.11 |
| OpenAlex | W2035247929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 9 |
Below I will outline the traditional Soviet economic system, developing its logic of institutions and interactions, and pointing out their natural economic consequences. This will lead me to a list of defining characteristics of that system, characteristics that are mutually dependent and supporting and hence must be changed more or less simultaneously if effective reform is to take place. One implication is that step-by-step measures are likely to fail. Instead, complete replacement of the economic system, as apparently intended by many East European reformers, seems necessary for a market-based system to begin functioning. This will be a truly monumental task and nowhere more so than in the Soviet Union
Economic policy · Economic reform · Economic system · Economics · Management · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Soviet union · Economic Theory and Institutions · History · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Russia and Soviet political economy
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North Korea and the Geopolitics of Development
Why China's economic reforms differ
Growth in Transition
Low-carbon energy transition from the commanding heights
Competing institutional logics in Soviet industrial location policy
Russia at the End of Yel'tsin's Presidency
The Ambiguous Effects of Russian Corporate Governance Abuses of the 1990s
Institutional development in transition economies – the role of institutional experience
Institutional adjustment and instrumental value
To corporatize or not to corporatize (and if so, how?)
Relational locomotive or apple of discord? – Bilateral perceptions of the economic cooperation
Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development
Impediments to the Diversification of Rural Economies in Central and Eastern Europe
What’s Measured Is What Matters
Democracy, Market and Social Safety Nets
Postcommunist divergence
After the Rectifying Revolution
Winners Take All
Reflections on Economic Sovietology
Central planning casts long shadows
The Transformation from Communism to Capitalism
Impact of Performance Management in Public and Private Organizations
Winning Coalition Size, State Capacity, and Time Horizons
State Capacity and the Environmental Investment Gap in Authoritarian States
Centrally Planned Economies
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2022 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |