02476cam a2200421 i 4500 rnd000000000048408 RAND 920212s1991 caua b 000 0 eng d 0833018221 RAND/N-2840-NA (Sirsi) a190348 $25.00 CstmoR CstmoR e-ur--- HC336.26 .H54 1991 Hildebrandt, Gregory G. author. The changing Soviet priority economy : modeling the conflict between gold and the sword / Gregory G. Hildebrandt, Peter B. Staugaard. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xiii, 68 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier A RAND note ; 2840 This Research was "carried out within RAND's National Defense Research Institute"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-68). Part of a larger study designed to develop new methods and models for analyzing the Soviet economy that are linked more closely than are existing models to certain key characteristics of the Soviet system, this Note investigates Soviet decisionmaking during plan implementation using a prototype input-output model. It characterizes the conflict between the exogenous priority system that is specified by the leadership and the endogenous priority system that emerges from the structure of an interdependent economy. In general, the authors find that a shock in any sector causes unemployed resources in the nonpriority sector of the priority model. Also, final output in this model is always less than or equal to that obtained in the marginalist model. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Soviet Union Economic conditions 1985-1991 Econometric models. Soviet Union Economic policy 1986-1991 Econometric models. Staugaard, Peter B. author. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). International Economic Policy Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Department of Defense. Director of Net Assessment. Rand note ; 2840. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2840/ 597236 597236