on political outcomes. Well-functioning financial institutions, in turn, increase the political support for anti … political economy perspective, as the majority of people in a corrupt country suffer from high corruption levels. Our model is …, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more voters are part of the corrupt system …

This paper introduces labor market transition as an intervening process by which the macro institutional transition to … a market economy alters social stratification outcome. Rather than directly addressing income distribution, it examines … China, but urban workers are increasingly more likely to take advantages of the new market opportunities. In urban China …

both linked to an actor, on product development and profit growth of software ventures in two different institutional … the effect of structural holes is contingent upon country institutional context and venture development stage … second revenue year - early stage of venture development. Structural holes are more useful in the Russian institutional …

In this paper we use a comparative perspective to explore the ways in which institutions and networks have influenced … entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate …’s institutional environment is important to explain its relatively low levels of entrepreneurship development, where the latter is …

institutions. The characteristics of officials’ clients explain most of the variation for bribery rates, but none for bribe amounts … rates and amounts. The results indicate that the bribery rate is higher at institutions with bribe-prone clients, and that … reduce corruption. Overall, the judiciary and the police are by far the most corrupt institutions. …

completely after we control for aggregate measures of economic development and quality of institutions. Informal institutions …

In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia … environment for business development. Our results indicate that Russia’s business owners share many of the same characteristics as …

different political approaches to reform shape the ability of societies to build new institutions for economic upgrading. The …-private institutions via adherence to two key principles: a) inclusion of a wide variety of relevant stakeholder groups and b) rules of …

It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can … federalism brought about by the post-1991 reforms, variations entry rates during the 1990s were explained largely by state level …