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Stalinist Labour Coercion during World War II: An Economic Approach

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Through a study of Soviet legal practices, the article examines the enforcement of coercive laws and their limitations in the Soviet command economy. New archival documentation shows the scale and scope of Stalin's coercive machinery. Firstly, we show why labour legislation assumed its specific form, based on an economic analysis of the command economy. Secondly, we identify four specific limits to the efficient enforcement of the legislation: collusion, search costs, administrative congestion and in absentia convictions. Thirdly, we provide new input to the discussion on the scale of the Gulag apparatus, showing that certain data need to be treated cautiously.

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  • Martin Kragh, 2011. "Stalinist Labour Coercion during World War II: An Economic Approach," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 63(7), pages 1253-1273.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:63:y:2011:i:7:p:1253-1273
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2011.592274
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    1. Ekaterina Zhuravskaya & Sergei Guriev & Andrei Markevich, 2024. "New Russian Economic History," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 62(1), pages 47-114, March.

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