Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Patrick Van Horn
Reader 2
Sean Flynn
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Sierra D. Scott
Abstract
This paper employs modern econometric techniques to propose alternative strategies for how the Soviet Union could have developed their wheat industry had they not launched the Collectivization Movement. Utilizing a panel dataset spanning from 1922 to 2018 and treating the Soviet Union as a treated unit, the present paper implements the synthetic control method(SCM) to construct counterfactual scenarios. Moreover, this study conducts placebo tests and sensitivity checks to evaluate the robustness and sensitivity of the findings. The findings derived from the synthetic control model support the gradual adoption of Soviet economist Nikolai Bukharin’s New Economic Policy model as a feasible alternative for developing the Soviet Union’s wheat industry.
Recommended Citation
Scott, Sierra, "HOW COULD THE SOVIET UNION HAVE DEVELOPED ITS WHEAT INDUSTRY WITHOUT THE COLLECTIVIZATION MOVEMENT?" (2024). Scripps Senior Theses. 2261.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2261
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
