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This study examines how bribery influences bank debt ratios for a large sample of firms from 14 transition countries. We combine information on bribery practices from the BEEPS survey with firm-level accounting data from the Amadeus database. Bribery is measured by the frequency of extra...
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Utilising panel data for 14 East European transition economies, we find support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of export variety relative to the U.S. helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from...
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The paper investigates institutional development in the Russian forestry sector after 1991. As it argues, while there has been a great degree of decentralization, original market-oriented reform blueprints for the industry were only partially implemented. The reasons for this can be found...
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shows factually, and on the norms elaborated by Pareto, Arrow and Bergson that Russia is an abnormal political economy …
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This study considers the pervasive tax evasion of transition economies, with particular reference to Russia’s tax …
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two emerging stock markets - Russia and China, because of their unique characteristics and performance in the past years …
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The Russian Economy has evolved into a hybrid form, a partially monetized quasi-market system that has been called the virtual economy. In the virtual economy, barter and non-monetary transactions play a key role in transferring value from productive activities to the loss-making sectors of the...
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. The author provides an estimate of Russia’s institutional convergence to the standards of the G7 and the “Big Five” group … of large, middle-income countries that includes Brazil, China, and India. In some areas Russia outperforms "Big Five …" countries, in others it trails behind. Finally, public mistrust, corruption, and inefficient governance in Russia are discussed …
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The analysis of external economic relations of Russia reveals a paradox: while Europe is the main trade and direct … investment partner of Russia, this is far from being the case concerning its currency’s role in Russia's financial activities …
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in 40 regions of Russia, this paper examines public infrastructure provision by Russian industrial enterprises. We find …
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