Ukraine used capitalist and non-capitalist economic practices in their coping tactics. Findings – This reveals not only the … limited use of capitalist practices in the everyday coping tactics of households in Ukraine but also how an array of non … up the future of post-Soviet Ukraine to other possible trajectories than simply some variety of capitalism …

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 …

of the weak correlation between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine were identified. The main … corruption and non-corruption factors of Ukraine’s econo- my shadowing were determined. It was concluded that policy and measures … to coun- teract corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine should be aimed at eliminating their root causes rather than …

How does corruption in Central and Eastern Europe hurt economic growth? The paper explains theoretical framework that … is applied to the problem of corruption and reveals its application difficulties. Corruption may be understood as the … corrupt behaviour. Within comparison of both agency theory and rent-seeking we argue that corruption in general is the problem …

The paper explains theoretical framework of how corruption hurts economic growth and reveals its application … difficulties. Comparing views on corruption in terms of the problem of agency and the problem of rent-seeking we argue that … corruption in general is the problem of legal setting and its enforcement and, if badly established, it does not promote economic …

Corruption is pervasive, but we know little about its effects on individual lives. This paper examines whether living … since, as we show, it comes at the expense of cutting food consumption. These findings suggest that corruption is a …

support for this argument. -- asset stripping ; law enforcement ; corruption ; transition …