Michael Ellman is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam and well known for his analysis of the Soviet regional show trials of 1937–38, the Soviet 1947 famine, and the collapse of the USSR. He was awarded the 1998 Kondratieff Prize for his contribution to the development of the social sciences.

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• List of Tables and Figures; Preface; A. Overview: The Issues; 2. Energy and the Economy: An Introduction; B. Financial Flows: 3. Price Differences, Taxes and the Stabilization Fund; 4. Russia's Economic Contraction and Recovery 1992-2004: Compulsory Repatriation of Export Revenues and the Ambivalence of Liberalization; C. Economic Policy Issues: 5. Sustaining Growth in a Hydrocarbon-based Economy; 6. The Road to Spontaneour Diversification; Economic Growth and the Mobilization Model; 8. The Importance of Geography; D. Political Issues: 9. A Frozen Venezuela? The Resource Curse and Russian Politics; List of Contributors; Index

Michael Ellman is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam and well known for his analysis of the Soviet regional show trials of 1937–38, the Soviet 1947 famine, and the collapse of the USSR. He was awarded the 1998 Kondratieff Prize for his contribution to the development of the social sciences.

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• List of Tables and Figures; Preface; A. Overview: The Issues; 2. Energy and the Economy: An Introduction; B. Financial Flows: 3. Price Differences, Taxes and the Stabilization Fund; 4. Russia's Economic Contraction and Recovery 1992-2004: Compulsory Repatriation of Export Revenues and the Ambivalence of Liberalization; C. Economic Policy Issues: 5. Sustaining Growth in a Hydrocarbon-based Economy; 6. The Road to Spontaneour Diversification; Economic Growth and the Mobilization Model; 8. The Importance of Geography; D. Political Issues: 9. A Frozen Venezuela? The Resource Curse and Russian Politics; List of Contributors; Index