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Prof. dr. M.J. (Michael) Ellman

Faculty of Economics and Business
Section Accounting
Visiting address
  • Plantage Muidergracht 12
Postal address
  • Postbus 15953
    1001 NL Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Publications

    2023

    2021

    2013

    2010

    2009

    • Ellman, M. (2009). What did the study of the Soviet economy contribute to mainstream economics? Comparative Economic Studies, 51(1), 1-19. [details]

    2008

    2007

    2006

    • Ellman, M. J. (2006). Churchill on Stalin: A note. Europe-Asia Studies, 58(6), 965-971. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130600831258 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2006). Transition. In D. A. Clark (Ed.), The Elgar companion to development studies (pp. 643-647). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. [details]

    2005

    2004

    • Ellman, M. J. (2004). Administration for Organized Recruitment, Aganbegyan, Barsov, Civic Union, Economic Reform Commission, Scientific Socialism, Zasulich. In J. R. Millar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Russian History New York: Macmillan Reference.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2004). Soviet industrialization: A remarkable success? Slavic Review, 63(4), 841-849. https://doi.org/10.2307/1520423
    • Ellman, M. J. (2004). Transitie: bedoelde en onbedoelde resultaten. Tijdschrift voor Politieke Ekonomie, 25, 24-50.

    2003

    • Ellman, M. J. (2003). The Soviet 1937-1938 Provincial Show Trials Revisited. Europe-Asia Studies, 55, 1121-1137. [details]

    2002

    2001

    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). Chapter in. In N. Shimotomai (Ed.), Roshia hendo no kozu eritsuin kara puchin e (pp. 39-62). Tokyo: Hosei University Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). The Soviet 1937 Provincial Show Trials: Carnival or terror? Europe-Asia Studies, 53, 1221-1233. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130120093200 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). The road from Il'ich to Il'ich: the life and times of Anastas Ivanovich Mikoian. Slavic Review, 60, 140-150. https://doi.org/10.2307/2697647 [details]

    2000

    • Ellman, M. (2000). The 1947 Soviet famine and the entitlement approach to famines. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 24(5), 603-630. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/24.5.603 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). Perestroika economics from the inside. In E. Maskin, & A. Simonovits (Eds.), Planning, shortage and transformation (pp. 269-281). Cambridge Mass: MIT Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). The Russian economy under Yeltsin. Europe-Asia Studies, 52(8), 1417-1432. https://doi.org/10.1080/713663143 [details]

    1999

    • Ellman, M. J. (1999). L'ascension et la chute de la planification sovietique. In I. Magnin, B. Chavance, R. Motamed-Nejad, & J. Sapir (Eds.), Capitalisme et socialisme en perspective (pp. 123-154). Paris: La Découverte. [details]

    1998

    • Ellman, M. J., & Kontorovich, V. (1998). About the study. In V. Kontorovich, & M. J. Ellman (Eds.), The destruction of the Soviet economic system: an insiders' history (pp. 3-11). New York: M.E. Sharpe. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Kontorovich, V. (1998). What we learn from the insiders. In V. Kontorovich, & M. J. Ellman (Eds.), The destruction of the Soviet economic system: an insiders' history (pp. 12-29). New York: M.E. Sharpe. [details]

    1997

    • Ellman, M. J. (1997). The political economy of transformation. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 13(2), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/13.2.23 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1997). Transformation as a demographic crisis. In S. Zecchini (Ed.), Lessons from the economic transformation: Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. (pp. 351-371). Dordrecht: Kluwer. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Kontorovich, V. (1997). The collapse of the Soviet system and the memoir literature. Europe-Asia Studies, 49(1), 259-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668139708412439 [details]

    1996

    • Ellman, M. J. (1996). Belangentegenstellingen en het Internationale Monetaire Fonds: een commentaar. Maandschrift Economie, 60(3), 200-203. [details]

    1995

    • Ellman, M. J. (1995). Comment on De Jong's 'European Capitalism: Between Freedom and Social Justice [Review of: H.W. de Jong (1995) Comment on De Jong's 'European capitalism: between freedom and social justice]. Review of Industrial Organization, 10(4), 429-435.
    • Ellman, M. J. (1995). The state under state socialism and post-socialism. In R. Rowthorn, & H-J. Chang (Eds.), The role of the state in economic change (pp. 215-236). Oxford: Clarendon Press. [details]

    2010

    2006

    • Ellman, M. J. (2006). Review of Kuromiya, H. Stalin [Review of: H. Kuromiya (2005) Stalin]. Europe-Asia Studies, 68(6), 985-987.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2006). Review of Service, R. Stalin: A biography [Review of: Service, R. (2005) Stalin: A biography]. The Review of Politics, 68(1), 155-158.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2006). The issues. In M. J. Ellman (Ed.), Russia's oil and natural gas: Bonanza or curse? (pp. 3-15-A1). London: Anthem Press. [details]
    • Schouwstra, M. C., & Ellman, M. J. (2006). A new explanatory model for policy analysis and evaluation. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper; No. TI 2006-063/2). Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde. http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpapers/06063.pdf

    2005

    • Ellman, M. (2005). [Review of: J. Hessler (2004) A social history of Soviet trade: trade policy, retail practices, and consumption, 1917-1953]. Europe-Asia Studies, 57(8), 1235-1237. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130500352355
    • Ellman, M. J. (2005). Golod 1947g v SSSR. Ekonomicheskaya istoriya. Obozrenie, 10, 197-199.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2005). Golod v SSSR v 1947g v svete problemy ¿dostupa k prodovol¿stviyu¿. In Ekonomicheskaya istoriya: Ezhegodnik. 2005 (pp. 320-363). Moskou: Rosspen.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2005). Perekohodnyi period: zaprogrammirovannye i nezaprogrammirovannye protsessy. In S. G. Yu (Ed.), Reformy perekhodnogo perioda (pp. 9-36). Moskou: Institute of Comparative Political Science, Russian Academy.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2005). Review of Litvin [Review of: A. Litvin, J. Keep (2005) Stalinism. Russian and Western views at the turn of the millennium]. International Review of Social History, 50, 503-505.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2005). Russian economic boom, post-1998. In Chowdary, N.V. In N. V. Chowdary (Ed.), Economic crisis in Russia and Latin America. Issues and perspectives (pp. 155-168). Punjagutta Hyderabad India: Icfai University Press.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2005). Vitte, Mironov i oshibochnoe ispol¿zovanie antropometricheskikh dannykh. Ekonomicheskaya istoriya. Obozrenie, 11, 159-166.

    2004

    • Ellman, M. (2004). [Review of: D.R. Kazmer, M. Konrad (2004) Economic lessons from the transition: the basic theory re-examined]. Comparative Economic Studies, 46(4), 570-571. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100074
    • Ellman, M. (2004). [Review of: E.A. Rees (2004) The nature of Stalin's dictatorship: the Politburo, 1924-1953]. Europe-Asia Studies, 56(8), 1259-1260. https://doi.org/10.1080/1465342042000308947
    • Ellman, M. (2004). [Review of: G.I. Khanin (2003) Ėkonomicheskai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ Rossii v noveĭshee vremi︠a︡. - T. 1: Ėkonomika SSSR v kont︠s︡e 30-kh--1960 god]. Europe-Asia Studies, 56(6), 928-929. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966813042000258105
    • Ellman, M. J. (2004). Russian economic boom, post-1998: Illusion, miracle or recovery? Economic & Political Weekly, 39, 3234-3237.

    2003

    • Ellman, M. J. (2003). Expectations and reality: Reflections on a decade of agricultural transformation. In M. Spoor (Ed.), Transitions, Institutions, and the Rural Sector [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2003). Review of Class theory and history: capitalism and communism in the USSR [Review of: S.A. Resnick, R.D. Wolff (2002) Class theory and history: capitalism and communism in the USSR]. The Economic History Review, 56(3), 585-587.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2003). Review of Dmitriev, V. Kriticheskie issledovaniya o potreblenii alkogola v Rossii. Economic Journal, 113, F202-F203. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.t01-2-00105 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2003). Review of Gimpelson, V. & Lippoldt D. The Russian labour market. International Review of Social History, 48, 121-122. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020859003090941 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2003). Transition economies. In H. J. Chang (Ed.), Rethinking development economics [details]

    2001

    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). Teoriya mirovoi sistemy: novyi podkhod k globalistike. Vestnik sankt-peterburgskogo universiteta Seriya 5 Ekonomika, 3, 45-52. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). [Review of: H. van Zon. The political economy of independent Ukraine]. Europe-Asia Studies, 53(6), 959-961.

    2000

    1999

    • Ellman, M. J. (1999). Ot 'Vashingtonskogo konsensusa' do 'Post-Vashingtonskogo konsensusa'. In Y. V. Yakovets (Ed.), Tendentsii i perspektivy sotsiokul'turnoi dinamiki (pp. 19-23). Moscow: International Kontradieff Foundation. [details]

    1998

    • Ellman, M. J., & J. Hough, F. (1998). Democratization and revolution in the USSR, 1985-1991. Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, 39(3), 181-181. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Scharrenborg, R. (1998). The Russian financial panic and the IMF. Problems of Post-Communism, 45(5), 17-17. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Scharrenborg, R. (1998). The Russlan economic crisis. Economic & Political Weekly, 33(52), 3317-3322. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Scharrenborg, R. B. J. (1998). The Russian economic crisis. Economic & Political Weekly, XXXIII(52). [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Scharrenborg, R. B. J. (1998). The Russian financial panic and the IMF. Problems of Post-Communism, 45(5), 17-25. [details]

    1997

    • Ellman, M. J. (1997). The political economy of transformation. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 13(2), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/13.2.23 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Chuev, F. (1997). Tak govoril Kaganovich. Europe-Asia Studies, 49(4), 749-750. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Kaganovich, L. (1997). Pamyatnye zapiski. Europe-Asia Studies, 49(4), 749-749. [details]

    1996

    1995

    • Ellman, M. J. (1995). European Capitalism: Between Freedom and Social Justice: Comment. Review of Industrial Organization, 10(4), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01024228 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., Greifer, E., Gaidar, E. T., & Kolodko, G. W. (1995). Review of Economic Transition in Eastern Europe. Review of Radical Political Economy, 27(1), 150-152. [details]
    • Ellman, M., & Eslund, A. (1995). Russian economic reform at risk. Slavic Review, 54(4), 1150-1151. https://doi.org/10.2307/2501506 [details]

    1994

    1991

    • Ellman, M. J. (1991). A note on the number of 1933 famine victims. Soviet Studies, 43(2), 375-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668139108411931 [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1991). Covertibility of the rouble. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 15(4), 481-497. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1991). The contradictions of perestroika: The case of agriculture. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 18(1), 1-18. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1991). The contradictions of perestroika: The case of agriculture. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 18(1), 1-18. [details]

    1988

    • Ellman, M. J. (1988). China's OTC markets. Comparative Economic Studies, 30(1), 59-64. [details]

    1984

    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Against convergence. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 291-310). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Agricultural productivity under socialism. In M. J. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 198-214). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Albania's Economy Today and Tomorrow. The World Economy, 7(3), 333-340. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.1984.tb00280.x [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Collectivisation, Convergence and Capitalism: Introduction. In. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 1-23). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Did Soviet economic growth end in 1978? In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 135-145). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Did the agricultural surplus provide the resources for the increase in investment in the USSR 1928-32? In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 27-53). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Dobb and the crisis. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 273-288). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Fifty years of collectivised Soviet agriculture, 1929-79. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 58-71). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Full employment--lessons from state socialism. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 149-173). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Income distribution in the USSR. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 112-129). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Investment planning in the state socialist countries and its relevance for reindustrialisation. In M. J. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 174-197). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). On a Mistake of Preobrazhensky and Stalin. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 54-57). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Seven theses on Kosyginism. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 75-96). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). Soviet grain imports and the weather. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 97-107). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). The control of inflation? Errors in the interpretation of CPE data. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 130-134). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). The distribution of earnings under Brezhnev. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. 108-111). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1984). nvestment planning in the state socialist countries and its relevance for reindustrialisation. In M. Ellman (Ed.), Collectivisation, convergence and capitalism: Political economy in a divided world (pp. ---). (Studies in Political Economy). London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Academic Press. [details]

    1983

    • Ellman, M. J. (1983). Changing views on central economic planning: 1958-1983. The ACES Bulletin, 25(1), 11-34. [details]

    1981

    1980

    • Ellman, M. J. (1980). Against convergence. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 4(3), 199-210. [details]

    2008

    2007

    • Ellman, M. J. (2007). Review of Wegren, S.K. (ed.) Rural adaption in Russia [Review of: S.K. Wegren (2006) Rural adaption in Russia]. Slavonic and East European Review, 85(2), 388-390.

    2006

    2004

    • Ellman, M. (2004). [Review of: M. Haynes, R. Husan (2003) A century of state murder? Death and policy in twentieth century Russia]. Reviews in history, 2004, 387. http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/387
    • Ellman, M. J. (2004). The economic implications of current Russian demographics. global business colloquia proceedings.

    2002

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (2002). Pehme riik, karm eelarve. Tallinn: Mõõdukad.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2002). Russia's mortality rises again. Johnson's Russia List, 6392, 10-11. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2002). [Review of: M. Jansen, P. Petrov (2002) Stalin's loyal executioner: People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov 1895-1940]. Europe-Asia Studies, 54, 1352-1353.

    2001

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (2001). Tv'rdi byudzheti - slabi d'rzhavi. Sofia: Institute for Historical and Political Studies. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). Pensioenhervorming in Midden en Oost-Europa: vergrijzing of transitie? Bevolking en gezin, 30(2), 53-65. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2001). [Review of: A. Aslund, G. de Menil (2000) Economic reform in Ukraine: The unfinished agenda]. Europe-Asia Studies, 53(5), 798-799.

    2000

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (2000). HARD BUDGETS & SOFT STATES Social policy choices in central and eastern Europe. London: IPPR. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). Book review of Blejer, M.I. & Skreb, M. [Review of: M.I. Blejer, M. Skreb (2000) Financial sector transformation: Lessons from economies in transition]. De Economist, 148(1), 122-123.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). Book review of Desai, P. [Review of: P. Desai (1997) Going global: Transition from plan to market in the world economy]. Economic Systems, 23(4), 381-383.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). Book review of Tinguy, A. de [Review of: (2000) The fall of the Soviet empire]. Development and Change, 31(4), 912-913.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). Don't eliminate the welfare state, redesign it: Social policy lessons for transition economies. Transition - World Bank, 11(2), 29-30. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). Review of Boone, P. et al [Review of: (1998) Emerging from Communism]. Economic Systems, 23(3), 685-686.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). The Russian crisis: the failure of what? In Beyond transition. Ten years after the fall of the Berlin wall (pp. 22-24). New York: UNDP. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). The social costs and consequences of the transformation process. In Economic Survey of Europe 2000 (pp. 125-140). (2/3). New York & Geneva: UN Economic Commission for Europe. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). [Review of: D. Woodruff (2000) Money unmade. Barter and the fate of Russian capitalism]. Europe-Asia Studies, 52(3), 576-577.
    • Ellman, M. J. (2000). [Review of: R.G. Pikhoia (2000) Sovetskii Soiuz: Istorriia vlasti 1945-1991]. Slavic Review, 59(3), 685-686.

    1998

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1998). Ne "Jen dalsi pristoupeni": Politicka ekonomie rozsireni EU na vychod. Praag: Centre for Democracy. [details]
    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1998). Ne prosto "porednoto prisedinyavne". Politicheska ikonomiya na razshiryavaneto na ES na iztok. Sofia: Centre historical &political research/Friedrich Ebert Stift. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1998). China's development zones - learning from their success. Transition - World Bank, 9(6), 6-7. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J., & Scharrenborg, R. B. J. (1998). Financiele crisis in Rusland. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 83(4162), 58-584. [details]

    1997

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1997). Chuyen doi va hoi nhap. Hanoi: NXB Chinh tri quoc gia. [details]
    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1997). Not 'just another accession': The political economy of EU enlargement to the east. London: Institute for Public Policy Research. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1997). EU accession should be a partnership not a dictate. Transition - World Bank, 8(4), 1-2. [details]

    1996

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1996). Iz tranzicijev evropesko povezovanje. Sophia: Ljubljana. [details]
    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1996). Tranformatisiya i integratsiya. Sofia: Grafimaks. [details]
    • Ellman, M. J. (1996). Living standards and social welfare. In NATO (Ed.), Status of economic reforms in Cooperation Partner Countries in the mid-1990s: Opportunities, constraints, security implications (pp. 59-67). Brussel: NATO.

    2008

    • Ellman, M. J. (2008). Bitter harvest. Hoover Digest, 1, 188-193.

    1998

    • Ellman, M. J. (1998). IMF steun aan Rusland lost niets op. NRC Handelsblad.

    1995

    • Eatwell, J., Ellman, M. J., Karlsson, M., Nuti, D. M., & Shapiro, J. (1995). Transformation and integration: shaping the future of central and eastern Europe. Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk: Institute for Public Policy Research. [details]

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