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research reveals that distrust matters a lot for the problem in Russia and suggests further examination of the dynamics of …
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When does business support the expansion of social policy in the developing world? Existing work on managers preferences has tended to concentrate on the developed world, where governments can credibly commit to policy, tax evasion is constrained, and mechanisms exist to hold the bureaucracy...
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across subnational regions in Russia. We apply the literature on heterogeneous firms and the institution-based view of …-up subsidiaries. Our empirical results based on microestablishment data of foreign-owned firms in Russia show that a weaker judicial … enter Russia, which is viewed as a high-risk country, through large and very large subsidiaries wholly owned by the foreign …
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procurement in Russia due to corruption. Unfortunately, to measure corruption is very challenging. In this paper, using the data … influences the results of public procurement in this region …
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This study examines the effect of personal interests and basic human values on the degree of support for a welfare state. Data from the European Social Survey, round 4 (2008) for 29 European countries (total n = 56,752) was used for the study. Results show that values such as collectivism and...
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The study examines the contradictory claims of modernization theory and world-systems analysis regarding modern social change. While modernization theory argues a human development, world-systems analysis states a global crisis. The two theories are tested against empirical evidence from data of...
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In the shadow of homeownership and public housing, social policy through the regulation of private rental markets is a neglected and underestimated field of social policy. This paper, therefore, presents unique new data on the development of private tenancy legislation through the binary oding...
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manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central … firms in urban agglomerations – own-sector and all economic activity concentration in the city and the surrounding region … premium, suggesting that efficient clustering requires a scale economy larger than only a city. The region's trade openness …
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The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …
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Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …
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