Economics of Soviet Breakup

Before 1991 little was known of the individual states that made up the USSR. Here the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union on the identities of the fifteen independent states are analyzed.

List 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

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.

Summary

Before 1991 little was known of the individual states that made up the USSR. Here the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union on the identities of the fifteen independent states are analyzed.

Product details

• Authors: Bert van Selm, Van Selm, Bert van Selm, Bert (International Monetary Fund Van Selm
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138968325
• ISBN: 978-1-138-96832-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition; Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries