one half of Russian population is disappointed with transition and a large majority is in favor of high state regulation … and state provision of goods and services. High demand for government regulation and increased state intervention coexists … business imposes negative externalities on the society and society chooses to demand more state regulation and tolerate …

exogenous variation in regulation generated by the interaction of reform and its institutional determinants, we find a … health. The results support public choice theory of the nature of regulation and are inconsistent with the predictions of …

Governments that levy predatory regulation and provide few weak legal institutions draw businesses into the unofficial …, we find that retail shops face very high levels of predatory regulation and have frequent contacts with private … protection rackets. In addition, we show that higher levels of regulation are associated with weaker legal institutions and a …