Introducing the wiiw COMECON Dataset
Alexandra Bykova, Magdalena Frei, Artem Kochnev, Isilda Mara, Renate Prasch, Hana Ruskova, Monika Schwarzhappel and Banushi Xhesika
wiiw Statistical Report No. 13, November 2024
74 pages including 2 Tables and 6 Figures
This paper introduces the historical dataset with economic time series of socialist Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (CSSR), the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union (USSR) and Yugoslavia from 1944 to 1993 as well as a new dataset on Albania created as part of this project. The paper explains the dataset’s structure and gaps as well as the harmonisation efforts and accounting methodologies adopted in the member countries of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON) during that period. The paper serves as a companion for the users of the wiiw COMECON Dataset.
wiiw COMECON Dataset:
https://comecon.wiiw.ac.at/
Keywords: CMEA, COMECON, socialist countries, Albania, Bulgaria, CSSR, GDR, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, population, net material product, GDP, investment, labour market, prices, wages, production, consumption per capita, budget, trade by partners, trade by commodities and regions, conversion factors, external finance, economic history, comparative economic systems, historical dataset of economic time series.
JEL classification: B22, B24, B27, B40, B41, N14, N34, N44, N54, N64, N74, P20, P30, P51
Countries covered: Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, CMEA/COMECON - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, CSSR - Czechoslovakia, GDR – German Democratic Republic, USSR - Soviet Union
Research Areas: Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, Labour, Migration and Income Distribution, International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI