TY - BOOK ID - 12669742 TI - Satellites and Commissars : Strategy and Conflict in the Politics of Soviet-Bloc Trade PY - 1996 SN - 0691044147 PB - Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Trade adjustment assistance KW - 815 Geschiedenis KW - 830 Economie KW - 831.1 Handelspolitiek KW - 836 (Multi-)nationale ondernemingen KW - 841 Politiek Bestel KW - 841.5 Bestuur en beleid KW - 884.1 Oost-Europa KW - Adjustment assistance, Trade KW - Domestic adjustment assistance KW - Europe, Eastern KW - East Europe KW - Eastern Europe KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Foreign relations KW - Commercial policy KW - Economic assistance, Domestic KW - Foreign trade and employment KW - Manpower policy KW - Subsidies KW - relations internationales KW - relations economiques internationales KW - Aide à l'ajustement de la commercialisation KW - URSS KW - Europe de l'Est KW - Pologne KW - Hongrie KW - Tchecoslovaquie KW - Relations economiques exterieures KW - Politique economique KW - Accountability. KW - Accounting. KW - Adverse selection. KW - Adviser. KW - Balance of trade. KW - Bargaining power. KW - Behalf. KW - Bilateral trade. KW - Capitalism. KW - Case study. KW - Central Committee. KW - Chairman. KW - Comecon. KW - Commodity. KW - Consideration. KW - Construction. KW - Consumer Goods. KW - Credibility. KW - Currency. KW - Czechoslovakia. KW - Debt. KW - East Germany. KW - Eastern Bloc. KW - Eastern Europe. KW - Economic development. KW - Economic integration. KW - Economic planning. KW - Economic policy. KW - Economics. KW - Economist. KW - Economy of Poland. KW - Economy of the Soviet Union. KW - Economy. KW - Employment. KW - Exchange rate. KW - Export. KW - Foreign direct investment. KW - Foreign policy. KW - Gosplan. KW - Government budget. KW - Grand strategy. KW - Hard currency. KW - Ideology. KW - Implementation. KW - Incentive. KW - Information asymmetry. KW - Institution. KW - International Monetary Fund. KW - International relations. KW - Investment. KW - Iron ore. KW - Joint venture. KW - Liberalization. KW - Market price. KW - Mikhail Gorbachev. KW - Multilateralism. KW - Negotiation. KW - Nikolai Baibakov. KW - Obstacle. KW - Payment. KW - Perestroika. KW - Perverse incentive. KW - Planned economy. KW - Planning Commission (India). KW - Planning. KW - Policy. KW - Politburo. KW - Politics. KW - Position paper. KW - Pricing. KW - Principal–agent problem. KW - Proclamation. KW - Productive capacity. KW - Quality control. KW - Quantity. KW - Raw material. KW - Receipt. KW - Regulation. KW - Requirement. KW - Research and development. KW - Ruble. KW - Scarcity. KW - Second World. KW - Shortage. KW - Socialist economics. KW - Socialist state. KW - Soviet Union. KW - Strategy. KW - Subsidy. KW - Supply (economics). KW - Supply and demand. KW - Tax. KW - Technical progress (economics). KW - Technology. KW - Trade-off. KW - Treaty. KW - Uncertainty. KW - Wojciech Jaruzelski. KW - Working group. KW - World economy. KW - Советский Союз KW - Ber. ha-M. KW - Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich KW - ZSRR KW - Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Sowieckich KW - ZSRS KW - Szovjetunió KW - TSRS KW - Tarybų Socialistinių Respublikų Sąjunga KW - SRSR KW - Soi︠u︡z Radi︠a︡nsʹkykh Sot︠s︡ialistychnykh Respublik KW - SSSR KW - Soi︠u︡z Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik KW - UdSSR KW - Shūravī KW - Ittiḥād-i Jamāhīr-i Ishtirākīyah-i Shūrāʼīyah KW - Russia (1923- U.S.S.R.) KW - Sovetskiy Soyuz KW - Soyuz SSR KW - Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z KW - Soi︠u︡z SSR KW - Uni Sovjet KW - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics KW - USSR KW - SSṚM KW - Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Ṛespublikaneri Miutʻyun KW - SSHM KW - Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Hanrapetutʻyunneri Miutʻyun KW - Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas KW - Berit ha-Moʻatsot KW - Rusyah KW - Ittiḥād al-Sūfiyītī KW - Rusiyah KW - Rusland KW - Soṿet-Rusland KW - Uni Soviet KW - Union soviétique KW - Zȯvlȯlt Kholboot Uls KW - Związek Radziecki KW - ESSD KW - Sahaphāp Sōwīat KW - KhSHM KW - SSR Kavširi KW - Russland KW - SNTL KW - PSRS KW - Su-lien KW - Sobhieṭ Ẏuniẏana KW - FSSR KW - Unione Sovietica KW - Ittiḥād-i Shūravī KW - Soviyat Yūniyan KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - Č.S.R. KW - C.S.R.S. KW - Č.S.S.R. 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KW - Vengerskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Vengerskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Vengrėjė KW - Vengrėjės Respoblėka KW - Vengrii︠a︡ KW - Vengrii︠a︡ Respublikasy KW - Vengrija KW - Vengrijos respublika KW - Vengriya KW - Vengriya Respublikasi KW - Venhryi︠a︡ KW - VNR KW - Węgry KW - Xiongyali KW - Xiongyali gong he guo KW - Xiongyali Gongheguo KW - Ουγγαρία KW - Δημοκρατία της Ουγγαρίας KW - Република Унгарија KW - Република Мађарска KW - Унгар KW - Унгарската република KW - Унгария KW - Унгарија KW - Угорська Республіка KW - Угорщина KW - Мажарстан KW - Мажарстан Республикасы KW - Мађарска KW - Мадярщина KW - Маджар KW - Маджар Республика KW - Венгрыя KW - Венгрия KW - Венгрия Республикасы KW - Венгерская Республика KW - אונגארן KW - רפובליקא דא מאגיאדיסטאן KW - מאגיאדיסטאן KW - הונגריה KW - ハンガリー KW - 匈牙利 KW - 匈牙利共和國 KW - 헝가리 KW - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy KW - Poyln KW - Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa KW - Polʹsha KW - P.N.R. KW - P.R.L. 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Why did Soviet officials fail to bargain with resolve, to link subsidies to salient political issues, to make credible commitments, and to monitor the satellites' policies? Using an unprecedented array of formerly secret documents housed in archives in Moscow, Warsaw, and Prague, as well as interviews with former Communist officials across Eastern Europe, Randall Stone answers these questions and others that have long vexed Western political scientists. Stone argues that trade politics revolved around the incentives created by distorted prices. The East European satellites profited by trading on the margin between prices on the Western market and those in the Soviet bloc. The Soviet Union made numerous attempts to reduce its implicit trade subsidy and increase the efficiency of the bloc, but the satellites managed consistently to outmaneuver Soviet negotiators. Stone demonstrates how the East Europeans artfully resisted Soviet objectives. Stone draws upon recent developments in bargaining and principal-agent theory, arguing that the incentives created by domestic institutions weakened Soviet bargaining strategies. In effect, he suggests, perverse incentive structures in the Soviet economy were exported into Soviet foreign policy. Furthermore, Stone argues, incentives to smother information were so deeply entrenched that they frustrated numerous attempts to reform Soviet institutions. ER -