Zusammenfassung:
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.
Schlagwörter:
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