Economic Welfare and the Economics of Soviet Socialism
Essays in honor of Abram Bergson

This book is a collection of essays written in honor of Abram Bergson, the father of modern Soviet economic studies and modern welfare economics.

Steven Rosefielde (Edited by)

9780521070294, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 July 2008

356 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Macroeconomics [KCB]