During the cold war years, the collective Russian farms had spectacularly low yields, whereas small, private plots kept by Russian citizens had phenomenally high yields. One reason for the poor production output of large, collective Soviet farms is

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Social loafing refers to the tendency of individuals to put in less effort when working in a group compared to when working alone. This phenomenon likely contributed to the low yields on collective farms, as workers may have felt less individually accountable for the output.

During the Cold War Years, the Collective Russian Farms Had