levels of tolerance and happiness. We argue that a major cause of the systematic clustering of genetic characteristics may be … others. More tolerant societies tend to be happier because they create a more relaxed environment conducive to happiness. …

1982, the Russia people ranked lower on happiness and life satisfaction than the people of much poorer countries such as …

: an inverse U-relation of age and happiness is characteristic for the oldest old females only; holding a job enhances life … having children decreases an individual’s happiness. …

. This finding contributes to a better understanding of the pronounced negative correlation between corruption and …

Russian regions is correlated with competition, corruption, and control, key factors that influence outcomes of procurement … transparency of information is significantly and negatively correlated with the level of corruption in the region and increases the …

In this paper we explore relationships between corruption perceptions and such characteristics as the size of shadow … countries. It is shown that irrespective of whether the economy is developed or transitional, negative dependence of corruption … the shadow economy passes 45%, the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ceases to respond to growth of …

Corruption is widely spread across the world and is believed to affect economic growth negatively. It is most … procurement in Russia due to corruption. Unfortunately, to measure corruption is very challenging. In this paper, using the data … on procurement in one of the Russian regions as an example, we suggest and discuss different indicators of corruption …

the interrelation of e-government with corruption in the public sector. The authors explore possible causal and dependency … relations of the established interlink between e-government and public sector corruption. Although it is universally … acknowledged that corruption is an evil, there is much debate over which determinants of corruption are important. Using …