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There is an extensive body of research devoted to how political satire affects political knowledge and political behavior. Extant studies are focused on political satire in democratic countries and do not pay enough attention to authoritarian regimes. This study extends this research to...
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interpretation of these findings is that corruption in Russia results from the transformation of bureaucrats' behavior and attitudes …Throughout much of the world, corruption in the civil service undermines state capacity, impedes economic development …, and saps citizens' morale. But while its pernicious effects are widely recognized, the roots of corruption remain poorly …
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existing laws of one state to another. Bribery is a typical problem for developing countries as shown in the Corruption …). Corruption can have roots in socialist regimes as in recently established political stability instable economic situation may … lead to growth in crime. The main challenge within the scope of this project is to identify the relation between corruption …
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procurement in Russia due to corruption. Unfortunately, to measure corruption is very challenging. In this paper, using the data …Corruption is widely spread across the world and is believed to affect economic growth negatively. It is most … on procurement in one of the Russian regions as an example, we suggest and discuss different indicators of corruption …
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century to assess the level of "routine corruption" in Imperial Russia. The data from these books allows us to identify …
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Economists tend to reduce all corruption to impersonal market-like transactions, ignoring the role of social ties in … shaping corruption. In this paper, we show that this simplification substantially limits the understanding of corruption. We … distinguish between market corruption (impersonal bribery), and network (or parochial) corruption which is conditional on the …
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When property rights are poorly secured, crony relations i.e. the tight connection between the owners of major firms and the government are the primary informal mechanism securing the property. However, this institutional framework creates high entry barriers on markets. We propose a theory that...
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This article analyses the association between personal values and the acceptability of corruption in Russia, France …, Germany, and Latvia. Several studies show that cultural values can be related to the level of corruption in the countries at … of corruption for an individual? (2) Is such an influence the same in different countries? A specialized methodology for …
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Corruption is an intrinsically latent phenomenon, which makes it a challenging task to measure it and requires the use … indices of corruption: The Corruption Perceptions Index, The Control of Corruption Index, The Bribing and Corruption Index …, The Corruption Index, and The Rule of Law: Absence of Corruption. In this paper we show that Corruption Index by the …
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