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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822182803321

Autore

Selm Bert van <1967->

Titolo

The economics of Soviet break-up / / Bert van Selm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-280-11044-9

0-203-02303-X

0-203-27982-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies of societies in transition ; ; 1

Disciplina

338.947

Soggetti

Post-communism - Economic aspects - Former Soviet republics

Former Soviet republics Economic integration

Former Soviet republics Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1  INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2  THE ECONOMICS OF SOVIET BREAK-UP; 3  THE SOVIET UNION, 1922-91; 4  FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS' ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE; 5  A GRAVITY MODEL OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION; 6  THE SOVIET UNION AS A CUSTOMS AND MONETARY UNION; 7  THE SOVIET UNION AS A PAYMENTS UNION; 8  THE SOVIET UNION AS A REDISTRIBUTOR; 9  THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES IN TRANSITION; 10  CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include: * past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future * discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states * economic integration theory * how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.