Centrally Planned Economies - Theory and Practice in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Informationen zum Autor Libor Žídek , Associate Professor, has lectured at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, since 1997. He specializes in economic transformation with a particular focus on the Czech economy. He also has a keen interest in planned economy, particularly in Czechoslovakia and generally in economic history. His doctoral thesis focused on the impact of globalization on economic policy and his habilitation thesis on the transformation process in the Czech Republic. He teaches courses on World Economic History, Economic Transformation and Macroeconomics. He has lectured on the topics of central planning and transformation in a number of countries, including the USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, the UK, Poland, Finland, Ukraine, and Jamaica. He has presented at conferences and published several books and a number of chapters and journal papers. Zusammenfassung This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the centrally-planned economy of communist Czechoslovakia. One of the book’s key questions is: Why did centrally-planned economies lag behind the developed economies? This book makes a major contribution to the discussion on central planning, as no similar recent publication on the topic exists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Formal and informal institutions of the socialist era Chapter 2. Marxist-Leninist economic theory Chapter 3. Formal settings of central planning in Czechoslovakia Chapter 4. Practices of central planning in Czechoslovakia Chapter 5. Macroeconomic Results Chapter 6. Results and Conclusions

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lucie Coufalova, Lucie (Masaryk University Coufalova, Hana Lipovska, Hana (Masaryk University Lipovska, Libor Zidek, Libor Lipovska Zidek, Libor Žídek
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781138614383
• ISBN: 978-1-138-61438-3
• Pages: 258
• Thèmes: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy; Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy; Routledge Studies in the European Economy
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie publique; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Economic history, International Economics, Regional Geography