Do Borders Matter? Soviet Economic Reform after the Coup

Merton J. Peck, Thomas J. Richardson, and William D. Nordhaus

1991, No. 2

There is little doubt that the irresistibly inefficient communist era is
over, but the shape of the new regime is unclear. In this paper, we reflect
on what difference a shift in power from the center to the republics will make. In short, do borders-meaning the locus of political authority as
well as geographical size-matter for economic growth or for economic
reform?

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Do Borders Matter? Soviet Economic Reform after the Coup

Merton J. Peck, MJP Merton J. Peck Yale University Thomas J. Richardson, and TJR Thomas J. Richardson Yale University William D. Nordhaus WDN William D. Nordhaus

Merton J. Peck, Thomas J. Richardson, and William D. Nordhaus