In the shadow of the Gulag: Worker discipline under Stalin
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- Miller, Marcus & Smith, Jennifer C., 2015. "In the shadow of the Gulag: worker discipline under Stalin," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 218, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
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Keywords
Labour discipline; Asymmetric information; Efficiency wage; Soviet Union; Stalin;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- P23 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population
- P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights
- P27 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Performance and Prospects
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