Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

The Soviet Economic Decline Revisited

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Abstract

In this comment I identify a simple error in William Easterly and Stanley Fischer’s econometric study of the postwar Soviet economic growth slowdown. The results of the study change substantially.

Response to this article by William Easterly and Stanley Fischer: Reply to Brendan Beare (EJW, May 2008).

Data and code from this research are now available here.

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Volume (Issue)
Pages
135-144
Published
JEL classification
O40, N14
Keywords
Economic growth; Soviet economy; extensive growth
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