| This dissertation defines a new planning methodology, plan bargaining, as it arose in negotiations between a Hungarian chemical enterprise and the Hungarian government over the issue of production of the chemical Olitref. Plan bargaining is seen as a response to Hungarian balance of trade and debt problems, as well as domestic political considerations. Plan bargaining also is seen to represent a significant advance over the theories and practice of economic planning of the Stalinist period. It is argued that plan bargaining, which is a result of a general shift in the Hungarian economy, has implications for economic planning in a far broader context. |
