TY - BOOK AU - Bykova,Alexandra AU - Kochnev,Artem AU - Prasch,Renate AU - Ruskova,Hana AU - Schwarzhappel,Monika AU - Frei,Magdalena AU - Mara,Isilda AU - Banushi,Xhesika AU - Neubauer,Manuel AU - Zenz,David TI - Introducing the wiiw COMECON Dataset T2 - wiiw Statistical Reports PY - 2024/// CY - Wien PB - Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) KW - CMEA KW - COMECON KW - socialist countries KW - Albania KW - Bulgaria KW - CSSR KW - GDR KW - Hungary KW - Poland KW - Romania KW - Soviet Union KW - Yugoslavia KW - population KW - net material product KW - GDP KW - investment KW - labour market KW - prices KW - wages KW - production KW - consumption per capita KW - budget KW - trade by partners KW - trade by commodities and regions KW - conversion factors KW - external finance KW - economic history KW - comparative economic systems KW - historical dataset of economic time series KW - CMEA/COMECON - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance KW - CSSR - Czechoslovakia KW - GDR – German Democratic Republic KW - USSR - Soviet Union N2 - 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 UR - https://wiiw.ac.at/p-7076.html ER -