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Yukos Crisis, as a legitimate battle against corruption. However, in the transition economies, the state can abuse its power … retaining its monopoly power as a “fight with corruption”. In this paper we build a game between the state firm (government) and …
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Corruption in higher education is a newly emerging topic in the field of education research. There is a phenomenal … growth in the number of media reports on corruption in higher education over the last decade. However, the rigorous … systematic research on education corruption is virtually nonexistent. This paper considers corruption in higher education as …
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This paper investigates a possible impact of education corruption on economic growth in Russia. It argues that high … levels of education corruption may harm total factor productivity in the long run, primarily through lowering the level of … reduce education corruption in the short run, but can eventually lead to implementation of higher ethical standards in the …
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This paper considers corruption in higher education in Russia as reflected in the national media, including such … aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions and corruption in administering the newly introduced … standardized test. The major focus is on the opinions of the leading figures of the education reform as related to corruption in …
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corruption in admissions to public colleges. The idea of vouchers failed while the test faces furious opposition and crises. This … paper considers vouchers, standardized tests, educational loans, and privatization as related to educational corruption. The … test is criticized by many for being a cause of the further increase in educational corruption. However, the test is needed …
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dissertations or qualifications of newly produced doctorates. Such a trend may in part be a result of the growing corruption in … Federation. It describes corruption in conferring doctoral degrees in its most explicit forms and focuses on possible solutions … corruption in doctoral education really a bad thing? Is it possible to stop such a practice and how? Answering these questions …
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How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In …
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In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...
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in Djibouti by both the macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis. The review shows that institutional habits (corruption …
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The paper puts forward a small but novel idea of how we can cut down the incidence of bribery. There are different kinds of bribes and what this paper is concerned with are bribes that people often have to give to get what they are legally entitled to. I shall call these ― “harassment...
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