ABSTRACT

This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include:
* past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future
* discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states
* economic integration theory
* how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction and Overview

chapter 2|18 pages

The Economics of Soviet Break-Up

chapter 3|13 pages

The Soviet Union, 1922–91

chapter 5|10 pages

A Gravity Model of the Former Soviet Union

chapter 7|14 pages

The Soviet Union as a Payments Union

chapter 8|13 pages

The Soviet Union as a Redistributor

chapter 9|17 pages

The Newly Independent States in Transition

chapter 10|9 pages

Conclusion

Economic relations among ex-USSR republics: past, present and future