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64	Mark Harrison Secrecy and Transaction Costs: The Business of Soviet Forced Labour in the Early Cold War Original version received June 30, 2011 Abstract and Citation | Full Text
63	Martin Kragh Soviet Labour Law During the Second World War Original version received April 14, 2011 Abstract and Citation | Full Text
62	Mark Harrison You Have Been Warned: The KGB and Profilaktika in Soviet Lithuania Original version received October 12, 2010 Abstract and Citation | Full Text
61	R. W. Davies and Melanie Ilič From Khrushchev (1935-6) to Khrushchev (1956-64): Construction Policy Compared Original version received April 21, 2010 Abstract and Citation | Full Text
60	R. W. Davies Prices, Costs and Finance in the Soviet Union, 1933-1939: A Survey Original version received April 21, 2010 Abstract and Citation | Full Text
59	Mark Harrison Counter-Terrorism in a Police State: The KGB and Codename Blaster, 1977 Original version received 15 October 2009 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
58	Eugenia Belova and Valery Lazarev Selective Justice: Party Control Under Stalin Revised version received 14 October 2009 Original version received 30 September 2009 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
57	Paul Gregory Boxing and Power Struggle: Bukharin Versus Stalin Original version received 30 June 2009 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
56	Mark Harrison Forging Success: Soviet Managers and False Accounting, 1943 to 1962 Original version received 17 June 2009 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
55	Mark Harrison Secrets, Lies, and Half Truths: the Decision to Disclose Soviet Defense Outlays Original version received 26 September 2008 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
54	Mark Harrison How Mr Nikolaenko Beat the Soviet Mafia Original version received 26 September 2008 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
53	Andrei Markevich How Much Control is Enough? Monitoring and Enforcement under Stalin Original version received 8 December 2007 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
52	Mark Harrison and Andrei Markevich Quantity Versus Quality in the Soviet Market for Weapons Original version received 12 November 2007 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
51	Andrei Markevich The Dictator’s Dilemma: to Punish or to Assist? Plan Failures and Interventions under Stalin Original version received 20 September 2007 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
50	Simon Ertz Making Sense of the Gulag: Analyzing and Interpreting the Function of the Stalinist Camp System Revised version received 4 March 2008 Original version received 17 August 2007 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
49	Pál Germuska Military-Economic Planning in Socialist Hungary: the General Organisational Department of the National Planning Office, 1948–1971 Original version received 15 July 2007 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
48	Saulius Grybkauskas State-Security Clearance as an Instrument of Social Control in the Industry of Soviet Lithuania, 1965 to 1985 Original version received 11 May 2007 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
47	Oxana Klimkova The "Great Terror" in the GULAG: A Case Study of the White-Sea Baltic Combine and the Camp of the NKVD Original version received 9 August 2006 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
46	Cynthia V. Hooper A Darker "Big Deal": Covering Up Party Crimes in the Post-World War II Era Original version received 23 June 2005 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
45	Don Filtzer Environmental Health in the Regions During Late Stalinism: The Example of Water Supply Original version received 1 June 2005 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
44	Don Filtzer Standard of Living versus Quality of Life: Struggling with the Urban Environment in Russia During the Early Years of Postwar Reconstruction Original version received 1 June 2005 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
43	Don Filtzer The 1947 Food Crisis and its Aftermath: Worker and Peasant Consumption in Non-Famine Regions of the RSFSR Original version received 17 April 2005 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
42	Simon Ertz Trading Effort for Freedom: Workday Credits in the Stalinist Camp System Original version received 15 April 2005 Abstract | Publication details | Appendix | Contact
41	Melanie Ili č and Christopher Joyce Soviet Political Repression: Three "Victim" Case Studies Original version received 18 February 2005 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
40	Paul Gregory and Mark Harrison Planning and Policy Under Dictatorship: Research in Stalin's Archives Original version received 19 January 2005 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
39	Mark Harrison and Andrei Markevich Hierarchies and Markets: The Institutional Setting of the Soviet Defense Industry, 1929 to 1953 Original version received 3 January 2005 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
38	R. W. Davies Preparations for Mobilisation of the Soviet Economy in the 1930s Original version received 5 December 2004 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
37	Andrei Markevich Planning the Soviet Defense Industry: the Late 1920s and 1930s Original version received 7 November 2004 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
36	Mikhail Mukhin Employment in the Soviet Aircraft Industry, 1918 to 1940: Work Culture, Organization, and Incentives Original version received 8 September 2004 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
35	Andrei Markevich and Mark Harrison Quality, Experience, and Monopoly: Regulating the Soviet Seller’s Market for Military Goods Original version received 21 June 2004 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
34	Mark Harrison Why Secrets? The Uses of Secrecy in Stalin's Command Economy Original version received 14 June 2004 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
33	Simon Ertz Tracking Down the "Real" GULAG: Explorations into the Administration of the Stalinist Forced Labour Camp System [in Russian] Revised version received 10 April 2004 Original version received 6 April 2004 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
32	Leonid Borodkin and Simon Ertz Forced Labor and the Need for Motivation: Wages and Bonuses in the Stalinist Camp System Original version received 6 April 2004 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
31	Andrei Sokolov Before Stalinism: the Defense Industry of Soviet Russia in the 1920s Original version received 6 April 2004 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
30	James W. Heinzen Corruption in the Gulag: Dilemmas of Officials and Prisoners Original version received 26 March 2004 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
29	R. W. Davies The Soviet Economy and the Launching of the Great Terror Original version received 1 March 2004 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
28	Derek Watson Molotov, the War, and Soviet Government Original version received 12 January 2004 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
27	R. W. Davies The Archives and the Stalinist Economy Original version received 17 November 2003 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
26	Byung-Yeon Kim Informal Economy Activities of Soviet Households Original version received 29 January 2003 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
25	Andrei Markevich [in Russian] Was the Soviet Economy Planned? Planning in the People's Commissariats in the 1930s Original version received 23 January 2003 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
24	Mark Harrison How Much Did the Soviets Really Spend on Defence? New Evidence From the Close of the Brezhnev Era Original version received 3 January 2003 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
23	A. J. Heywood Destruction, Restoration and Reconstruction in the Russian/Soviet Economy, 1914-1928: Myth and Reality on the Railways Original version received 18 October 2002 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
22	Keith Dexter Numbered Soviet Aviation Factories, 1921-1941 Original version received 15 October 2002 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
21	Paul R. Gregory The Principles of Governance Original version received 26 September 2002 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
20	Paul R. Gregory Collectivization, Accumulation, and Power Original version received 26 September 2002 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
19	Paul R. Gregory The Jockey or the Horse? Original version received 26 September 2002 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
18	Derek Watson Molotov and the Moscow Conference, October 1943 Original version received 5 March 2002 Abstract | Publication details | English text | Contact
17	R. W. Davies Closing the "Bergson Gap": New Data on a Problem in Soviet Statistics Original version received 17 December 2001 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
16	R. W. Davies Why Was There a Soviet Investment Cycle in 1933-7? Preliminary Notes and Worries Original version received 17 December 2001 Abstract | Full Text | Citation | Contact
15	Derek Watson Molotov, The Making of the Grand Alliance and the Second Front, 1939-1942 Original version received 21 November 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
14	Eugenia Belova Contract Enforcement Under Dictatorship: the Case of the Soviet Economy Original version received 30 October 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
13	Mark Harrison Soviet Industry and the Red Army under Stalin: A Military-Industrial Complex? Original version received 15 October 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
12	Mark Harrison The Political Economy of a Soviet Military R&D Failure: Steam Power for Aviation, 1932 to 1939 Original version received 12 September 2001 Abstract | Publication details | Contact
11	Valery Lazarev Political Economy of the Soviet Elite and Its Post-Communist Transformation Original version received 6 July 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
10	Yoram Gorlizki Theft Under Stalin: A Property Rights Analysis Original version received 28 June 2001 Abstract | Full text | Citation | Contact
9	Mark Harrison A Soviet Market for Inventions: Jet Propulsion, 1932 to 1946 Original version received 27 June 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
8	Don Filtzer Labour Discipline and Criminal Law in Soviet Industry, 1945-1953 Original version received 26 February 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
7	Don Filtzer Work Environment, Work Culture, and the Postwar Reconstruction of Soviet Industry, 1945-1953 Original version received 26 February 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
6	Paul R. Gregory The Dictator's Orders Original version received 3 January 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
5	Valery Lazarev and Paul R. Gregory Dictators and Cars: a Case Study in the Political Economy of Dictatorship Original version received 3 January 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
4	Aleksei Tikhonov and Paul R. Gregory Stalin's Last Plan Original version received 3 January 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
3	Eugenia Belova Economic Crime and Punishment Original version received 3 January 2001 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
2	Eugenia Belova and Paul R. Gregory Dictators, Loyal and Opportunistic Agents, and Punishment: the Soviet Archives on Creating the Soviet Economic System Original version received 30 August 2000 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact
1	Paul R. Gregory and Valery Lazarev Stalin's Car Dealership: Evidence From the Soviet State and Party Archives Original version received 30 August 2000 Abstract | Publication Details | Contact