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UNDERGROUND ACTIVITY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: PRODUCTIVE, PROTECTIVE AND PREDATORY BEHAVIOR IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2003

This paper examines why some transitions are more successful than others by focusing attention on the role of productive, protective and predatory behaviors from the perspective of the new institutional economics. Many transition economies are characterized by a fundamental inconsistency between...

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The Inequality of Influence

Hellman, Joel; Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003

This paper develops a proxy measure of the inequality of influence on the basis of survey evidence from 2002 Business … resulting inequality as crony bias in the political system that can be measured at both the firm and country level. We examine … consistent pattern in which the inequality of influence has a strongly negative impact on assessments of public institutions that …

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Far From Home: Do Foreign Investors Import Higher Standards of Governance in Transition Economies?

Hellman, Joel S.; Jones, Geraint; Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003

Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) of firms in transition countries, which unbundles corruption to measure different types of corrupt transactions and provide detailed information on the characteristics and performance of firms, we find that: i)...

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Measuring Governance, Corruption and State Capture: How Firms and Bureaucrats Shape the Business Environment in Transition Economies

Hellman, Joel S.; Jones, Geraint; Kaufmann, Daniel; … - EconWPA - 2003

Recent studies have focussed on the characteristics and policies of the state to explain the extent and causes of corruption, with little attention paid to the role played by firms. Consequently, the links between corporate governance and national governance have been unexplored. This paper...

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Rural Non-Farm Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation in Romania

Davis, Junior; Bezemer, Dirk - EconWPA - 2005

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Romanian rural economy has undergone massive changes. Increased urban unemployment has stimulated migration from towns to rural areas. Meanwhile, rural industries that were subsidised under communism have collapsed, causing rural unemployment....

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Too many to fail? Inter-enterprise arrears in transition economies

Hildebrandt, Antje - EconWPA - 2002

In advanced market economies, the use of trade credits is an important way of short-term financing and generally considered as being part of normal business practice. Some transition economies, however, have experienced a rapid accumulation of trade credits which have led to interlocking webs of...

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The rural non-farm economy and poverty alleviation in Armenia, Georgia and Romania: A synthesis of findings.

Davis, Junior; Bezemer, Dirk; Janowski, Monica; … - EconWPA - 2005

The aims of this study are to improve understanding of the dynamics of the rural non-farm economy in providing employment and income diversification opportunities in Armenia, Georgia and Romania. The study aims to focus on improving the well-being and livelihoods of the rural population, through...

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The rural non-agricultural economy in transition countries: Enterprise level findings from Armenia

Bezemer, Dirk; Davis, Junior - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper the findings of a survey conducted in June 2001 in Armenia are summarised. The aim was to gain insight into the nature of the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) in the country. For that purpose, 21 rural communities in 3 regions (called marzes in Armenian) were non-randomly selected....

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Privatization Policy in Bulgaria: An Initial Assessment

Keremidchiev, Spartak - EconWPA - 2005

The privatization process in the transition economies may appear to be the most serious economic event in the last 10-12 years. All transition countries experimented with different privatization models. Although the privatization processes have not ended yet, the development of a methodology for...

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Patterns of rural non-farm diversification and employment in

Davis, Junior; Cristoiu, Adriana - EconWPA - 2005

The radical changes that have occurred in the Romanian economy during the last decade have created new pressures on the country’s rural areas. Increasing industrial unemployment generated an urban-rural migratory flow of the population. The collapse of the agri-industrial processing and...

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