corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a “bribe tax” and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency …, which is often believed to be closely linked with corruption: the “time tax” imposed on firms by red tape. When testing … their effects in the full sample, only the bribe tax appears to have a negative effect on firm-level productivity, while the …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … the day-to-day operation of firms. The effects of this “bribe tax” on productivity are compared to the consequences of red … tax appears to have a negative impact on firm-level productivity, while the effect of the time tax is insignificant. We …

The paper investigates how efficiency of business environment and corruption (informal payments and state capture … corruption activities at the firm-level and firm ownership. We find somehow surprising results that private firms (domestic and … foreign owned firms that are involved in informal payments are likely to benefit from these corruption practices. On the other …

The paper analyses Russian corruption as a?specific "industry" of the Russian economy that is in many important … respects influenced by the political system. The latter, in turn, is also being transformed due to corruption. The authors … introduce and discuss the basic concepts used in the corruption analysis: everyday corruption, business corruption, corruption …

The paper considers the relationship of corruption and domestic business environment. The authors propose a method of … quantitative estimation of the impact of corruption on the business climate through the use of international ratings. The … corruption, and estimate, with its help, the comparative advantages of Russia as of late 2012. In addition the paper determines …

Corruption as an institutional factor of the state regulatory efficiency is seen in disfunction of distributed decision … performance. Thus, there are two polar set of institutional factors of state regulatory efficiency: negative (corruption) and …

democracy and the fight against corruption on trade. We use a gravity model inspired and adapted from Anderson and van Wincoop … corruption on trade for all countries. Our results show that democratic countries are generally more open, but that two … democratic nations do not necessarily trade more between each other. The reverse is true for corruption. …

and are most strongly engaged in the fight against corruption, constructing proxies for provincial government efficiency … and anti-corruption effort. Our regression results confirm that FDI is attracted to provinces with relatively high levels … of government efficiency and are actively involved in the fight against corruption. …