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Author Goldmann, Josef, author.

Title Economic growth in Czechoslovakia : an introduction to the theory of economic growth under socialism, including an experimental application of Kalecki's model to Czechoslovak statistical data / Josef Goldmann, Karel Kouba
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Chapter I. Theory of Economic Growth; a) Origin and social background; b) Economic discussion of the twenties: G.A. Feldman's model; Chapter II. Kalecki's Growth Model; a) Brief account of Kalecki's growth model; b) Two basic types of growth models; c) Growth theory and long-term plan drafting; Chapter III. Short-term Variations in the Growth Rate of a Socialist Economy; a) The mechanism of fluctuations; b) Historical retrospect; c) The investment cycle and the effects of overinvestment; d) Inventory cycle
E) Combined effect of investment and inventory cyclesf) The interrelation between the raw-material and foreign-trade barriers; g) Summary; h) Economic fluctuations under socialism and under capitalism; Chapter IV. Long-term Variations in the Growth Rate; a) Decline of dynamic; b) Leakages in the formation and distribution of the national income; c) The basic cause of gradual loss of dynamics; d) Outcome of discussion of long-term changes in the rate of growth; Chapter V. Trend in the Relation of Domestic and World Prices, and Production Costs; a) Grounds for the method of analysis proposed
B) Trend in the relation of domestic and world price levelsc) Production costs and the centralized model. Elimination of the market mechanism and decline in rational operation; Chapter VI. Application of the Kalecki Model; a) Research project, theoretical and practical value; b) Application of the model and its limitations; c) Procedure chosen for statistical estimation of parameters of the growth model; d) Overall results of analysis; Chapter VII. The Principle of Rational Operation and Economic Growth; a) In retrospect
B) Degeneration of economic calculation in the administrative directive system of managementc) Compromises concerning the model of operation, monopoly structure of the market; d) Effectiveness and so-called structural reform of Czechoslovak industry; Conclusion; List of diagrams; Literature; Index
Notes Originally published in 1969 by International Arts and Sciences Press, Inc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 28, 2017)
Subject Economic development -- Mathematical models.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Economic development -- Mathematical models
Economic history
SUBJECT Czechoslovakia -- Economic conditions -- Mathematical models
Subject Czechoslovakia
Form Electronic book
Author Kouba, Karel, author.
ISBN 9781315177533
1315177536
Other Titles Hospodářský růst v ČSSR. English