The political economy of independent Ukraine
| Titel: | The political economy of independent Ukraine / Hans van Zon |
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| Veröffentlicht: | London [u.a.] : Macmillan Press, 2000 |
| Umfang: | XI, 236 S. : graph. Darst. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Studies in economic transition |
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| ISBN: | 0333783018 ; 0312235933 |
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The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added economic activities. These parasitic mechanisms already developed under Soviet rule ('beating the system' by redistributing goods and services while disregarding formal rules) became a widespread practice.
