Economic welfare and the economics of Soviet socialism : essays in honor of Abram Bergson

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Economic welfare and the economics of Soviet socialism : essays in honor of Abram Bergson

edited by Steven Rosefielde

Cambridge University Press, 1981

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"Abram Bergson: Bibliography": p. 334-337

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book is a collection of essays written in honor of Abram Bergson, the father of modern Soviet economic studies and modern welfare economics. The first part deals with Soviet economics, whereas the second part is devoted to welfare economics and includes essays by four Nobel laureates, Samuelson, Arrow, Tinbemen and Kuznets. All of the essays in the book are important contributions in their own right.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Soviet socialism: 1. Knowledge and socialism: deciphering the Soviet experience Steven Rosefielde
  • 2. Economic growth and structural change in czarist Russia and the Soviet Union: a long-term comparison Paul R. Gregory
  • 3. Corruption in a Soviet-type economy: theoretical considerations J. M. Montias and Susan Rose-Ackerman
  • 4. Soviet use of fixed prices: hypothesis of a job-right constraint David Granick
  • 5. Technological progress and the evolution of Soviet pricing policy Joseph S. Berliner
  • 6. Earning differentials by sex in the Soviet Union: a first look Gur Ofer and Aaron Vinokur
  • 7. Creditworthiness and balance-of-payments adjustment mechanisms of centrally planned economies Franklyn D. Holzman
  • 8. Comparative advantage and the evolving pattern of Soviet international commodity specialization, 1950-1973 Steven Rosefielde
  • Part II. Economic welfare: 9. Bergsonian welfare economics Paul A. Samuelson
  • 10. Optimal and voluntary income distribution Kenneth J. Arrow
  • 11. A note on production structure and aggregate growth Simon Kuznets
  • 12. Optimal education, occupation, and income distribution in a simplist model Jan Tinbergen
  • 13. The welfare economics of product quality under socialism Martin Spechler.

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