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- p. 4 …The volume contains a series of tables estimating the Soviet gross national
product and its components…
- p. 5 …quantified estimates of
the value of Soviet gross national product (GNP), its rate of growth, its…
- p. 6 …The Soviet indices of industrial and agricultural production are based
on gross output rather than value…
- p. 7 …For
example, data on the amount of waste included in the gross output data of
agricultural…
- p. 8 …The measure shown represents “net output,” or gross output less products used
by agriculture (seed and…
- p. 9 …compendium on the Soviet
eeonomV- “The Real Gross National Product of the U.S.S.R…
- p. 10 …Contributions of Rush V. Greenslade ________ _________________-________ ____ __ 1x
I. Gross National Product of the USSR, 1950—80.-______________________________ 3…
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Part I. GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT OF THE USSR, 1950-80
By…
- p. 14 …Turnover Taxes as a Share of Gross Output in Industry, 1972
6. Subsidies on Agricultural Products…
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Gross National Product of the Soviet Union in Established Prices, 39
by…
- p. 16 …of Value Added in Agriculture
B-8. Gross Output, Total Material Purchases, and Value Added in…
- p. 17 …I
Soviet Gross National Product in Established Priceskby End Use,
I if
I970
D-6.
I…
- p. 18 …An International Comparison, 1981
Gross National Product of the USSR: An International Comparison, 1982
Soviet Economic…
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Gross National Product
of the USSR, 1950-80
Introduction
This paper presents…
- p. 20 …Lee, “USSR Gross National Product in Established Prices,
1955-1975,” Jahrbuch der Wirtsc/la/I Osteuropas…
- p. 27 …GNP for the Soviet
Union and of gross domestic product (GDP) for
selected OECD countries.” For…
- p. 34 …Lee, “USSR Gross
National Product," p. 413; and Becker, 1969, p. 128.
difference between the growth…
- p. 35 …conducted on a net rather than a gross basis.
The enterprise is expected to be managed…
- p. 41 …the business sector
and are included in gross private business investment.
The second US account shows…
- p. 43 …On the other hand, the tax
amounts to 30 percent of the gross output of the…
- p. 44 …Turnover taxes were 30 and 56 percent of the gross
outputs of the sugar and other…
- p. 45 …The capital stock data used
in this study are gross of depreciation.
Approved for Release: 2019…
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Table 8 Billion Rubles
Gross National Product of the Soviet Union '
in…
- p. 48 …The row and column sums are
determined as each sector’s gross output less, respec-
tively…
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Table 10 Percent
1970 Soviet Gross National Product
by End Use
W…
- p. 52 …Therefore, value added is computed
as a residual—the difference between gross output
and current material…
- p. 53 …Therefore, if in-
dexes of gross output and current inputs are both available, the
gross output…
- p. 56 …Each subbranch index measures
the gross output of an I-O sector by summing the
physical…
- p. 57 …The material-input index is less desirable
than a double deflation or gross output index, but…
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Appendix A '
Soviet Gross National
Product, 1950-80
This appendix presents the…
- p. 59 …5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Gross national product 133.6 137.7 145.8…
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._ §l§5QfI.i2j§§5
1.0
Gross national product 232.3 245.3 254.5…
- p. 61 …4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Gross national product 383.3 398.2 405.7…
- p. 62 …0 5.2 3.7 2.7___
Gross national product 5.5 5.9 5.0…
- p. 63 …8 7.6 5.8 4.0
Gross national product 3.1 5.9 5.2…
- p. 64 …5.1 4.; 2.9 7.7“
'
Gross national product 5.6 3.8 -1.1…
- p. 65 …2 3.4 0.8 1 4
Gross national product 3.9 1.9 7.3…
- p. 66 …9
0.3
2.5
0.3
Gross national product 100.0 100.0 100.0…
- p. 67 …3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gross national product 100.0 100.0 100.0…
- p. 68 …3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gross national product 100.0 100.0 100.0…
- p. 69 …3 51.2 55.1 58.3 _
Gross national product 34.9 35.9 38.0…
- p. 71 …7 134.1 135.2 137.1
Gross national product 100.0 103.9 105.9…
- p. 72 …27.5 24.. ?6i5j_;
Gross national product 133.6 137.7 145.8 153.4 160…
- p. 73 …1 43.7 45.9 s9.7_‘
Gross national product 232.3 245.3 254.5…
- p. 75 …4.5 1.1 5.9 -3.1
Gross national product 5.5 5.9 5…
- p. 76 …0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gross national product 3.1 5.9 5.2…
- p. 77 …0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gross national product 5.6 3.8 -1.1…
- p. 78 …g
4.3
0.0 0.0
Gross national product 3.9 1.9 7.3…
- p. 79 …1 28.1 29.1 30.2
Gross national product 741.7 752.2 784.0…
- p. 80 …9 36.6 31.8 Ww3§’.98W
Gross national product 1,083.8 1,124.6…
- p. 81 …1 46.1 46.9 46.8
Gross national product 1,578.5 1,624.6…
- p. 82 …3.2
7*
1.4 1.3
Gross national product 3.7 4.0 3.5…
- p. 83 …1 14.0 13.8 13.5
Gross national product 100.0 100.0 100.0…
- p. 84 …8 13.4 13.3
7
17717
Gross national product 100.0 100.0 100.0…
- p. 85 …4 9.6 8.1 6.9
Gross national product 100.0 100.0 100.0…
- p. 86 …31.7 65.3______s.9 g
Gross national product 34.9 35.9 38.0…
- p. 87 …9 98.2 103.1 89.1
Gross national product 60.6 64.0 66.4…
- p. 88 …8 110.4 93.7 81.8
Gross national product 100.0 103.9 105.9…
- p. 89 …Subtracting the deflated material pur-
chases from the deflated gross output produces value
added in constant…
- p. 90 …The
ratio of material inputs (gross output less NMP) to
gross output declined slowly in this…
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If this expression is deflated by a Paasche (current-
year weighted) price index, then the desired Laspeyres
output index is obtained:
N
2 Q(t,i)p(t,i)
i=1
N N
2 Q(0,i)p(0,i) 2 Q(t,i)p(O,i)
i=1 _ i=1
N T N
2 Q(t,i)p(t,i) 2 Q(0,i)p(0,i)
1=l i=l
N
E Q(t,i)p(0,i)
i= 1
Rarely is information available on production and
prices for all goods and services in both the base and
the given year. If only a sample of observations is
available, then the two sides of the previous equation
may not be the same. For example, suppose there are
N products, but price and quantity data are available
only for n (less than N) products. The estimated
growth of output from year O to year t using the
deflated current-price index would be:
N N n
Z Q(t.i)p(0,i) 2 Q(t,i)p(t,i) Z Q(t,i)p(0,i)
i=1 _ i=1 i=1
N T N X n
Z‘ Q(0,i)p(O,i) Z Q(0,i)p(0,i) Z Q(t,i)p(t,i)
i=1 i=l i=l
and the estimate using the quantity index would be:
_.,,Z
-Q
t,i)p(0,i) Z Q(t,i)p(0,i)
N = n
21 Q(0,i)p(0,i) 2 Q(0,i)p(O,i)
i= l i= 1
If n=N, then the two equations are identical. lf n is
less than N, the reliability of the deflated current-
price index depends on the accuracy of the price index
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computed from the sample data, and the reliability of
the quantity index depends on the representativeness
of the quantity sample. Hill argues that the price
index is likely to be more accurate, especially when
large numbers of new products are being introduced
and old products withdrawn.” Unfortunately, Soviet
price data are so scarce and unreliable that the
deflation method is not practical either for GNP as a
wlhole or for most individual sector indexes. The
quantity index method is relied upon almost
exclusively.
Specific Index Number Problems
Several specific index number problems are also
important in the measurement of Soviet GNP. They
arise in the treatment of regional production, seasonal
production, price discrimination. quality changes, and
unique products.
Regional Production. The resources required to pro-
duce a given product may be quite different depend-
ing on where a product is made. For example, a school
building of exactly the same dimensions may cost
much more to construct in Siberia than in the
Ukraine because of greater transportation expenses,
more stringent structural requirements, a larger heat-
ing unit, and more difficult construction conditions.
To the extent that the added cost reflects real differ-
ences in the use of resources, a shift in production to a
more expensive region represents an increase in pro-
duction rather than a price increase. Theoretically, we
should construct weighted regional production index-
es, but the scarcity of data does not permit doing so.
The influence of regional production on the growth of
GNP is probably most important in the construction,
agriculture, and fuel sectors.
Seasonal Production. Changes in seasonal production
patterns present a similar problem. A vegetable grown
near Moscow in a hothouse during the winter requires
more resources than the same vegetable grown out-
doors during the summer. Theoretically, the two
vegetables should be treated as different products,
and a production or price index containing them
” Hill, Measurement, p. 25.
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