The regional structure of Soviet retail prices
ResearchPublished 1950
ResearchPublished 1950
A preliminary to a larger study of the retail prices in the Soviet Union in which an effort is made to determine the representativeness of Moscow price movements. The regional structure of prices and changes in this structure are described, the rationale of Soviet regional price-fixing is discussed, and the changes in the position of Moscow prices in relation to average prices for the entire USSR are analyzed.
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