IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/wii/spaper/statr13.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Introducing the wiiw COMECON Dataset

Author

Listed:
  • Alexandra Bykova

    (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw)

  • Magdalena Frei
  • Artem Kochnev
  • Isilda Mara

    (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw)

  • Renate Prasch
  • Hana Ruskova
  • Monika Schwarzhappel

    (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw)

  • Banushi Xhesika

Abstract

This paper introduces the historical dataset with economic time series of socialist Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (CSSR), the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union (USSR) and Yugoslavia from 1944 to 1993 as well as a new dataset on Albania created as part of this project. The paper explains the dataset’s structure and gaps as well as the harmonisation efforts and accounting methodologies adopted in the member countries of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON) during that period. The paper serves as a companion for the users of the wiiw COMECON Dataset. wiiw COMECON Dataset https //comecon.wiiw.ac.at/

Suggested Citation

  • Alexandra Bykova & Magdalena Frei & Artem Kochnev & Isilda Mara & Renate Prasch & Hana Ruskova & Monika Schwarzhappel & Banushi Xhesika, 2024. "Introducing the wiiw COMECON Dataset," wiiw Statistical Reports 13, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
    • Handle: RePEc:wii:spaper:statr:13
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://wiiw.ac.at/introducing-the-wiiw-comecon-dataset-dlp-7076.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    CMEA; COMECON; socialist countries; Albania; Bulgaria; CSSR; GDR; Hungary; Poland; Romania; Soviet Union; Yugoslavia; population; net material product; GDP; investment; labour market; prices; wages; production; consumption per capita; budget; trade by partners; trade by commodities and regions; conversion factors; external finance; economic history; comparative economic systems; historical dataset of economic time series.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian
    • B27 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - International Trade and Finance
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N44 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N54 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N64 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N74 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: 1913-
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P30 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General
    • P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wii:spaper:statr:13. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Customer service (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/wiiwwat.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.