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Foreign concessions in the Soviet Union of the 1920s: "Why split up"?
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2016-1-138-158
Abstract
Foreign concessions in the USSR existed for a very short period of 8-9 years. The paper considers some causes behind the closure of the concession companies that happened despite the assurances of the Soviet authorities allegedly desiring to attract foreign investment and technology. One of these causes - conflicts between the concessions’ administrations and trade unions in the enterprises; the other refers to the intentionally limited access to financial resources.
Keywords
Soviet economic history,
concessions,
labor conflicts,
trade unions,
NEP,
public policy,
foreign investment
JEL: N34, N42, N44, N82, N84
About the Authors
M. Levin
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I. Sheveleva
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris, France)
France
France
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Levin M., Sheveleva I. Foreign concessions in the Soviet Union of the 1920s: "Why split up"? Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2016;(1):138-158. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2016-1-138-158
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