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 understood. Whereas most studies on corruption's origins...

The emergence of Russian corporations : from the Soviet enterprise to a market firm / Tatiana G. Dolgopyatova, Ichiro Iwasaki, and Andrei A. Yakovlev -- Stock ownership and corporate control / Tatiana G. Dolgopyatova -- Legal form of incorporation / Ichiro Iwasaki -- The structure of corporate...

Contrary to the focus on the events of the last two years (2014-2015) associated with the accession of Crimea to Russia and military conflict in Eastern Ukraine, I stress here that serious changes in Russian internal politics (with strong pressure on political opposition, state propaganda and...