Prices of Basic Industrial Goods in the USSR, 1950 to 1956

A Preliminary Report

L. Turgeon, Abram Bergson

ResearchPublished 1957

A continuation of P-789, which measured wholesale price movements for basic industrial products in the USSR from 1928 to 1950. The present study extends these calculations from 1950 to 1956. Index numbers of wholesale prices are compiled for twenty-six basic industrial goods generally. Value weights for 1937 are used in aggregating price relatives and branch indices. The period studied represents the first extended period of general decline of industrial prices since the inauguration of the Soviet five-year plans.

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  • Year: 1957
  • Pages: 88
  • Document Number: RM-1919

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Turgeon, L. and Abram Bergson, Prices of Basic Industrial Goods in the USSR, 1950 to 1956: A Preliminary Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1957. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1919.html.
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