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Volume 15, issue 4, 1991

A methodology for testing comparative economic theories: Theory and application to East-West environmental policies pp. 582-601

Peter Murrell and Randi Ryterman

Intersectoral labor allocation on China's communes: A temporal-priority analysis pp. 602-626

Minquan Liu

Aggregation in planning pp. 627-645

Gary Krueger

Productivity paralysis and the complexity problem: Why do centrally planned economies become prematurely gray? pp. 646-660

Abhuit V. Banerjee and Michael Spagat

Innovation decision and reward structure pp. 661-680

Huizhong Zhou

Contract enforcement in sellers' markets pp. 681-697

Michael Spagat

Workers' enterprises in imperfect competition pp. 698-710

Murat Sertel

Immiserizing growth in centrally planned economies pp. 711-717

Gene Hsin Chang

National unification and economic development in Vietnam:, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. xiv + 296 pp., index, $45.00 pp. 718-719

Adam Fforde

Liberalization and entrepreneurship: Dynamics of reform in socialism and capitalism:, Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989. 182 pp. $35.00 pp. 720-722

Kazimierz Poznanski

Structural Change in the world economy:, Eds., New York & London: Routledge, 1990. xiii + 236 pp., index, $45.00 pp. 723-726

Mordechai Kreinin

Economic reform in three giants:, U.S.-Third World Policy Perspectives, No. 14. New Brunswick and Oxford: Transaction Press, 1990. viii + 235 pp., no index, $24.95 pp. 727-729

Srilata Gangulee

Central and eastern Europe: The opening curtain?:, Ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989. xix + 438 pp., index, $35.00 pp. 730-732

Leon Podkaminer

Private agriculture in the Soviet Union:, New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, 1989. xiv + 198 pp., index, $49.95 pp. 733-735

D. Gale Johnson

A guide to the socialist economies:, New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, 1990. xvii + 316 pp., index, $64.95 pp. 736-739

Michael Wyzan

Managing adjustment in developing countries:, San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies Press, 1989. xxiv + 321 pp., index, $34.95 pp. 740-741

John Caskey

The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress:, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1990. ix + 328 pp., index, $24.95 pp. 742-744

Gary Libecap

The Soviet bloc and the third world: The political economy of East-South relations:, Eds., Boulder: Westview Press, 1989. ix + 238 pp., index, $34.50 pp. 745-747

Marie Lavigne

Socialism, perestroika, and the dilemmas of Soviet economic reform:, Ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990. xix + 233 pp., index, $27.85 pp. 748-749

Susan Linz

Volume 15, issue 3, 1991

Economic development through contrived dependence pp. 403-420

Carlos A. Sevilla-Siero

Implications of endogenous prices in consumer theory: The case of barter and the consumer cooperative pp. 421-436

Michael Caputo and Lori Lynch

The simple analytics of a firm subject to a no-layoffs constraint pp. 437-449

J. Michael Montias

Proportional division in a planning procedure pp. 450-459

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Investments, starts, and cycles in socialist economies: A mathematical model pp. 460-475

Andras Simonovits

Labor-managed and capitalistic firms in international duopoly: The effects of export subsidy pp. 476-484

Koji Okuguchi

Asymmetric taxation and the theory of the labor-managed firm pp. 485-490

Nava Kahana and Eliakim Katz

Comparing iterative planning procedures pp. 491-499

Parkash Chander and T. R. Kundu

Comparing iterative planning procedures: A reply to Chander and Kundu pp. 500-502

Simon Clark

The rise of the international organization: A short history:, London: Macmillan & Co., 1988. x + 166 pp., index, $19.95 pp. 503-504

Carolyn Rhodes

Paying for productivity: A look at the evidence:, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute, 1990. xii + 297 pp., index, $29.95 pp. 505-511

John Addison

Money, incentives and efficiency in the Hungarian reform:, Eds., Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1990. xii + 187 pp pp. 512-514

Paul Hare

From marx to the market:, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1990. 177 pp, index, $39.95 pp. 515-517

Steven W. Popper

Marxism and the Chinese experience:, Eds., Armonk, NY/London: M. E. Sharpe, 1989. xii + 384 pp., no index, $45.00 pp. 518-521

Jan Prybyla

The economic system and income distribution in Yugoslavia:, Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1989. viii + 104 pp., no index, $49.95 pp. 522-523

Hans Rage

The UK monetary and financial system: An introduction:, London: Routledge, 1988. viii + 284 pp., index, $55.00 pp. 524-525

Rowena Pecchenino

The technological behavior of public enterprises in developing countries:, New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, 1989. 234 pp., index, $49.95 pp. 526-528

David Gay

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin: A centenary appraisal:, Eds., New York: Praeger, 1990. xviii + 159 pp., index, $39.95 pp. 529-529

Holland Hunter

Technology and change in east-west relations:, Ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988. vi + 210 pp., no index, $11.85 pp. 530-531

Susan Linz

The odyssey of rationality:, Munich, West Germany: Accedo, 1989. 332 pp., no index, $26.50 pp. 532-533

Lynn Turgeon

Market socialism:, Eds., New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. ix + 211 pp., index, $48.00 pp. 534-535

William Moskoff

Contracting for property rights:, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989. ix + 132 pp., index pp. 536-538

Harry Frech

Culture, control and commitment: A study of work organization and work attitudes in the United States and Japan:, New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990. xii + 281 pp., index. $44.50 pp. 539-541

Michael T. Smitka

Making America's budget policy: From the 1980s to the 1990s:, Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1990. xv + 220 pp., index pp. 542-544

David Sjoquist

The economic future of Hong Kong:, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1990. xii + 164 pp., index, $18.00 pp. 545-546

Kai-Yuen Tsui

Studies in the macroeconomics of developing countries:, Ed. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989, ix + 182 pp., index pp. 547-549

Amitava Dutt

The Hungarian model: Markets and planning in a socialist economy:, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989. xi + 199 pp., no index pp. 550-551

Ellen Comisso

Soviet Central Asia: "A tragic experiment":, Winchester, MA: Unwin Hyman, 1990. xix + 199 pp., index, $39.95 pp. 552-554

Victor L. Mote

Soviet regional policy: The East-West debate over Pacific Siberian development:, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. xxii + 345 pp., index, $49.95 pp. 555-558

Leslie Dienes

Na perelome:, Moscow: Norosti, 1989. 420 pp., 2.40 rubles pp. 559-561

Michael Alexeev

The economic consequences of immigration:, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1990. xxxii 391 pp., index, $39.95 pp. 562-565

George Petrakos

The less developed countries and the world trading system: A challenge to the GATT:, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. viii + 162 pp., index, $16.95 pp. 566-568

Tracy Murray

The council for mutual economic assistance: The thorny path from political to economic integration:, Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1989. xiii + 247 pp., index, $45.00 pp. 569-571

Laszlo Csaba

Letter to the editor pp. 572-573

Wojciech Charemza

Letter to the editor pp. 574-575

Leon Podkaminer

Volume 15, issue 2, 1991

Public choice and the transformation of socialism pp. 203-210

Peter Murrell

The political economy of communist foreign trade institutions and policies pp. 211-238

Josef Brada

The devolution of centrally planned economies pp. 239-265

Peter Murrell and Mancur Olson

"Social choice" in Eastern Europe pp. 266-283

Andras Nagy

Integration of special interests in the Hungarian economy: The struggle between large companies and the party and state bureaucracy pp. 284-303

Erzsebet Szalai

Soviet economic reforms: Possible difficulties in the application of public choice theory pp. 304-324

Vladimir Popov

Choosing a constitution in East Europe: Lessons from public choice pp. 325-348

Dennis C. Mueller

Some reflections on self-management, social choice, and reform in eastern europe pp. 349-366

Saul Estrin

A detour on the road to the market: Coordination, queues, and the distribution of income pp. 367-379

Michael Mandler and Randi Ryterman

If market clearing prices are so good then why doesn't (almost) anybody want them? pp. 380-390

Michael Alexeev

Models of disequilibrium and shortage in centrally planned economies:, Eds., London/New York: Chapman and Hall, 1989. xv + 472 pp., index pp. 392-394

Gregory C Chow

Islamic economic co-operation:, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. xxxvi + 447 pp., index pp. 395-398

Timur Kuran

Work, employment and unemployment in the Soviet Union:, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. xv + 250 pp., index pp. 399-400

Janet G. Chapman

Beyond Perestroika: The future of Gorbachev's USSR:, New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1989. xvi + 214, no index. $60.00 pp. 401-402

Alberto Chilosi

Volume 15, issue 1, 1991

China's regional inequality, 1952-1985 pp. 1-21

Kai Yuen Tsui

Is the impact of central planning on the level of foreign trade really negative? pp. 22-44

Guido Biessen

The impact of reform on socialist enterprises in transition: Structure, conduct, and performance in Chinese industry pp. 45-64

Gary Jefferson and Wenyi Xu

What happens when unions run firms? Unions as employee representatives and as employers pp. 65-87

Avner Ben-Ner and Saul Estrin

Indicative planning and expectations under repressed inflation pp. 88-94

John Bennett

An agricultural multipurpose service cooperative: Pareto optimality, price-tax solution, and stability pp. 95-114

Eli Feinerman and Meira S. Falkovitz

On the effects of cournot rivalry between entrepreneurial and cooperative firms pp. 115-121

Ira Horowitz

Testing a planners' reaction function using disequilibrium model excess demand indicators: The case of Poland pp. 122-131

Dominique E. Christin and Nancy C. Short

Aggregate consumption and income in China: An econometric study pp. 132-141

Duo Qin

Technical progress and the responses of an illyrian firm pp. 142-149

Shoji Haruna

Economic reforms in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe since the 1960s: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. xvi + 264 pp., index. $49.95 pp. 150-152

Jean Tesche

Information, incentives and bargaining in the Japanese economy:, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xii + 320 pp., index. $39.50 pp. 153-155

Hajime Miyazaki

Gorbachev's struggle for economic reform:, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989. x + 213 pp., index. $38.50 pp. 156-157

Michael Alexeev

Soviet industry from Stalin to Gorbachev: essays on management and innovation:, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988. xi + 386 pp., index. $34.50 pp. 158-159

Heidi Kroll

The Soviet economy: Problems and prospects:. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1987. viii + 273 pp., index. $39.95 pp. 160-163

J. Michael Montias

Tax reform in developing countries:, Ed., Durham and London, Duke University Press, 1989. viii 545 pp pp. 164-165

Paul Streeten

The U.S.-Japanese economic relationship: Can it be improved?:, Ed., New York: New York University Press, 1989. xviii + 356 pp., index pp. 166-168

Peter Navarro

Growth and inflation in the soviet economy:, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989. ix + 319 pp., index. $38.95 pp. 169-171

Mark A. Prell

Politics, work and daily life in the USSR: A survey of former soviet citizens:, Ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xiv + 423 pp., index pp. 172-175

Mark G. Field

The political economy of collective farms: An analysis of China's post-mao rural reforms:, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988. viii + 259 pp., index. $44.50 pp. 176-178

Louis Putterman

The ideology of State Terror: Economic doctrine and political repression in Argentina and Peru:, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 1989. ix + 220 pp., index pp. 179-181

Ben T. Yu

Soviet steel, the challenge of industrial modernization in the USSR:, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989 pp. 182-185

Neil Leary

The Coming Soviet Crash: Gorbachev's desperate pursuit of credit in Western financial markets:, New York/London: The Free Press, 1989. xviii + 246 pp., index. $22.50 pp. 186-189

Donald W. Green

Central Banks' independence in historical perspective:, Ed., Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1988. xiv + 198 pp., no index, DM 132 pp. 190-191

Rondo Cameron

Debt disaster? Banks, government and multilaterals confront the crisis:, New York: New YOrk University Press, 1989. xxii + 270 pp., index pp. 192-195

Pedro David Perez

The Soviet economy on the brink of reform: Essays in honor of Alec Nove:, Ed., Boston: Unwin & Hyman, 1988. vi + 256 pp., index. $49.95 pp. 196-198

Peter Toumanoff