made a comeback as owner of the dominant market participants.We also look at the new institutions imported into Russia to ….The unfortunate combination of this new institutional overlay and traditional local norms of behavior have brought Russia to an …

This paper examines determinants of corruption across Russian regions. Key contributions include: (i) a formal study of … economic corruption determinants across Russian regions; (ii) comparisons of determinants of perceived corruption versus those … of actual corruption; and (iii) studying the influence of market competition and other factors on corruption. The results …

Russia to regulate banking and finance, including rule of law, competition, deposit insurance, bankruptcy, and corporate … Russia to an impasse – the banking sector’s ownership structure hinders further advancement of market institutions. Indeed …

that the distance to the nearest camp is a strong negative predictor of mafia presence in Russia's communities in the early …, I examine the effects of mafia presence on local crime and elite violence in mid-1990s Russia. In particular, I show …

resource-richest and most unequal countries in the world – Russia. While previous literature produced contradictory findings … income but increased the income share from unidentified sources traditionally associated with corruption. These effects of …

This study considers the pervasive tax evasion of transition economies, with particular reference to Russia's tax … system. Starting with a survey of theoretical literature on tax evasion and corruption, it argues that, although standard tax …

-firm relationship in the form of bribes. Using survey data from 404 medium and large industrial enterprises in 40 regions of Russia, we …

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of corruption on bank lending in Russia. This issue is of major … interest in order to understand the causes of financial underdevelopment and the effects of corruption in Russia. We use … hampers bank lending in Russia. We investigate whether this negative role of corruption is influenced by the degree of bank …