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Institutions and the Allocation of Talent

Natkhov, Natkhov Timur; Polishchuk, Polishchuk Leonid - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

Institutions affect investment decisions, including investments in human capital. Hence institutions are relevant for the allocation of talent. Good market-supporting institutions attract talent to productive value-creating activities, whereas poor ones raise the appeal of rent-seeking. We...

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Endogenous Property Rights, Conflict Intensity And Inequality In Asymmetric Rent-Seeking Contest

Yarkin, Alexander M. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

Does less inequality in wealth distribution imply better property rights protection? In this paper we show that this impact is non monotonous and is conditional on a) equilibrium type: conflict (rent-seeking) or peace, b) the reasons of changes in wealth distribution, and c) the size of the...

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Incentives For Repeated Contracts In Public Sector: Empirical Study Of Gasoline Procurement In Russia

Yakovlev, Andrei; Vyglovsky, Oleg; Demidova, Olga; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

This paper analyzes the phenomenon of repeated procurements made by public sector customers from the same supplier. The previous surveys of “relational contracts” gave different explanations for the possible implications of such repeated procurements, but those surveys dealt mostly with...

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The choice of lobbying strategy: direct contacts with officials or mediation via business associations

Govorun, Andrei - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

The influence of lobbying activity on economic growth and welfare is widely observed in the literature. Many scholars consider lobbying as a sort of rent-seeking and blame it for non-optimal redistribution of assets, additional costs for firms, and resource reallocation from productive...

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Corruption and social values: do postmaterialists justify bribery?

Kravtsova, Maria; Oshchepkov, Aleksey; Welzel, Christian - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

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

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Information Transparency in Public Procurement: How it Works in Russian Regions

Balsevich, Anna; Pivovarova, Svetlana; Podkolzina, Elena - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2011

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 …

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Determinants Of Corruption Perceptions: Transitional Vs. Developed Economies

Aistov, Andrey V.; Mukhametova, Elvina - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

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 …

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Indicators Of Corruption In Public Procurement: The Example Of Russian Regions

Balsevich, Anna; Podkolzina, Elena - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

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 …

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Public sector e-innovations. E-government and its impact on corruption

Proskuryakova, Liliana; Abdrakhmanova, Gulnara; Pitlik, Hans - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

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 …

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Blacklisting in Russian Public Procurement: How it doesn't Work

Podkolzina, Elena; Voytova, Tatiana - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2011

signed contracts is related to corruption and transparency measures for Russian regions. We also argue that such factors as …

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