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János Kornai’'s Contributions to Economic Analysis

The publication of János Kornai’s memoirs, By Force of Thought, provides an excellent opportunity to remind ourselves of Kornai’s great contributions to economic research. This paper discusses both his basic research strategy and some of his main research results. Kornai has usually dealt with great, system-oriented issues, and he has been more inspired by real-world observations than by scholarly work by others. The paper also emphasizes that Kornai’s two most celebrated characterizations of real world socialist economies – shortage economies and production units with soft budget constraints – are analytically closely connected. Kornai also, in his more recent works, regards the centralized political system during communism as the basic explanation for the centralized nature of the economic system in these countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 724

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
History of Economic Thought since 1925: Socialist; Marxist; Sraffian
History of Economic Thought: Individuals
Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: General
Thema
Socialism
Soft Budget Constraints
Shortage Economy
Economic Centralization
Sozialismus
Zentrale Wirtschaftsplanung
Budgetrestriktion
Übergangswirtschaft
Dogmengeschichte

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lindbeck, Assar
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2007

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Lindbeck, Assar
  • Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Entstanden

  • 2007

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