The Economics of Soviet Breakup

by Bert van Selm

Overview

This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include: * past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future * discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states * economic integration theory * how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134752744
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2012
Series:	Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Bert van Selm is a Lecturer at the Institute of East European Law and Russian Studies, University of Leiden. He has written numerous journal articles on the economics of the Soviet break-up, and has travelled widely through the former USSR.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Economics of Soviet Break-up 3. The Soviet Union 1922-91 4. Former Soviet Republics' Economic Interdependence 5. Gravity Model of the Former Soviet Union 6. The Soviet Union as a Customs and Monetary Union 7. The Soviet Union as a Payments Union 8. The Soviet Union as a Redistributor 9. The Newly Independent States in Transition 10. Conclusion: Economic Relations among ex-USSR republics then, now, and later 11. References 12. Index