Professional Affiliation

Professor, Hebrew University

Wilson Center Project

Reform in Socialist Countries: The Convergence Hypothesis Revisited

Project Summary

Reexamines the convergence hypothesis in light of changes in both the East and West since the 1960s within the framework of four separate areas of reform: 1) changes in organization and incentive structures, 2) for efficient exploitation of the technological revolution in the information industries, 3) changes in welfare system and 4) resource allocation and the industrial structure.

Previous Terms

Oct 01, 1983 - Dec 01, 1983: "The Economics of the Soviet Urban Household in the 1970s"