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Comparative Economic Studies and Comparative Economics: Six Decades and Counting

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  • Josef C. Brada
  • Paul Wachtel

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This paper reviews the history of Comparative Economic Studies and the role that it has played in the development of the field of comparative economics. While we emphasize developments in the past 10 years when we served as co-editors, the development of the journal and of the field of comparative economics is placed in the context of the entire 60-year history of Comparative Economic Studies and of its predecessors.
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  • Josef C. Brada & Paul Wachtel, 2018. "Comparative Economic Studies and Comparative Economics: Six Decades and Counting," Working Papers 18-29, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics.
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    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
    • P10 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - General
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P30 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General
    • P50 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General

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