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BPEA | 1991 No. 2Do Borders Matter? Soviet Economic Reform after the Coup
Merton J. Peck,
Merton J. Peck
Yale University
Thomas J. Richardson, and
Thomas J. Richardson
Yale University
William D. Nordhaus
Merton J. Peck
Yale University
Thomas J. Richardson
Yale University
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?