Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
implement policies effectively and provide a supportive institutional environment? We explore these questions in a study of … privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and … effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find …