The Service Sector in Soviet Economic Growth; a Comparative Study

Ofer, Gur

ISBN 10: 0674801806 / ISBN 13: 9780674801806

Published by Cambridge, Mass. , Harvard University Press, 1973

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Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly dust-dulled dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 202 pages; Table, chart and figure illustrated. Description: xi, 202 p. 25 cm. Subjects: Service industries--Soviet Union. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Service Sector in Soviet Economic Growth; a Comparative Study
• Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. , Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674801806
• ISBN 13: 9780674801806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The service sector represents a smaller share of the national economy in the Soviet Union than in other countries at similar levels. This gap is found in trade, in private and business services, and, surprisingly, in public administration. Gur Ofer provides a twofold examination of this phenomenon. He uses cross country comparisons to study the “normal” relationships between the size of the service institutions and economic development. At the same time he investigates specific factors operating in Socialist and Soviet countries, thus uniting the special Soviet case with general development theory.