List of Figures viii
List of Tables ix
List of Contributors xiv
Preface xvi
Research Summary xviii
Introduction xxvii
List of Abbreviations xxxi

PART I: PRODUCTION POTENTIAL AND EFFICIENCY: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT

Synopsis
Steven S.Roseflelde 1

Production Potential and Efficiency: Concepts, Methods and Statistics
Steven S.Roseflelde 3

The Misspecification of Soviet Production Potential: Adjusted Factor Costing and Bergson's Efficiency Standard
Steven S.Roseflelde and Ralph W.Pfouts 11

Production Potential, Production Functions and Efficiency
Ralph W.Pfouts and Cliff J.Huang 33

Efficiency Frontiers and Homothetic Production Functions
M.V.Antonov, A.B.Pomansky and G.Yu.Trofimov 43

Hyperbolic Technical Efficiency: Axiomatic Foundations and Extensions
George B.Kleiner and Slava V.Brover 57

Average and Marginal Factor Productivity: Interdependencies and Efficiency
George B.Kleiner 73

Synopsis
Steven S.Rosefielde 99

Comparative Production Potential in the USSR and the West: Pre-Transition Assessments
Steven S.Rosefielde 101

8 Industrial Growth and Efficiency in the United States and the Former Soviet Union
Robert S.Whitesell 137

Command Constrained Efficiency in Soviet Cotton-Refining and the Kaunasskoi Candy Factory
Mikhail lu.Afanas'ev 169

Efficiency at Different Stages of Production in the Soviet Union
Joseph M.Nowakowski 183

Russian Enterprise Inefficiency: An Elasticity Test for Incomplete Profit Maximization
George B.Kleiner 209

Synopsis
Steven S.Rosefielde 219

Capital mfungibility and Production Potential in Post-Soviet Russia
Steven S.Rosefielde 221

Egalitarianism and Production Potential in Postcommunist Russia
Ralph W.Pfouts and Steven S.Rosefielde 245

Trade and Production Potential: Evidence from the Changing Embodied Factor Proportions of Russia's Trade with Japan
Steven S.Rosefielde 269

Systemic Change and Recovery Potential During Russia's Economic Transition
Steven S.Rosefielde and Vyachaslav Danilin 315

Conclusion
Steven S.Rosefielde 331