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Privatization, competition and corruption : how characteristics of bribe takers and payers after bribe payments to utilities
Clarke, George R. G.; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2002
Many recent studies have looked at the macroeconomic, cultural and institutional determinants of corruption at the cross-national level. This study complements these existing cross-country studies by focusing on firm-level evidence of microeconomic factors affecting bribes paid in a single...
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Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the fall of the Berlin Wall : review of the changes in the environment and natural resources
Markandya, Anil; Chou, Wan-jung - 2010
This paper reviews the environmental record of the transition countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia since the fall of the Berlin Wall, with a focus on areas of key concern to public policy at the present time. With the impacts of environment on public health being given the highest...
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Privatization as a means to societal transformation : an empirical study of privatization in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Castater, Nichole M. - 2002
There have been numerous empirical studies of privatization programs, which have found efficiency gains to firms, industries, and financial markets in a multitude of developed and developing economies. Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union are conspicuously and consistently...
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Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities : theory and experimental evidence from india
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023
This study explores the interaction between the quality of public services, the implementation of user fees, and the resulting potential for exclusion, that can lead to negative externalities. Our theoretical framework takes account of the possible externalities that result from excluded users...
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Rationalising fertiliser subsidy in India : key issues and policy options
Gulati, Ashok; Banerjee, Pritha - 2015
and a sizeable portion of budgetary support goes towards fertiliser subsidy. Fertiliser subsidy in India has succeeded in … fertiliser subsidy in India: (1) rising amounts of fertiliser subsidy in the budget and how far they are financially sustainable … to rising imports in the wake of uncertainty on fertiliser subsidy policy issues and delayed payments to industry. [...] …
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Broad based subsidies or targeted transfers? : an analysis of the electricity subsidy in Pakistan
Feltenstein, Andrew; Datta, Biplab Kumar - 2018
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USSR, education, work history, fertility choices, and later-life outcomes
Pérez-Izquierdo, Telmo; Pronkina, Elizaveta - 2020
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Red ink in the rearview mirror : local fiscal conditions and the issuance of traffic tickets
Garrett, Thomas Andrew (contributor);  … - 2007 - Rev.
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The London Agreement and the cost of patenting in Europe
Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno; Mejer, Malwina - 2008
This paper analyses the consequences for the European Patent System (EPS) of the recently ratified London Agreement (LA), which aims to reduce the translation requirements for patent validation procedures in 15 out of 34 national patent offices. The simulations suggest that the cost of patenting...
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Can self-help groups really be self-help?
Greaney, Brian; Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Van Leemput, Eva - 2013
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