promote rule of law in a rent-seeking society. Taking Russia and Ukraine between 2000 and 2012 as its empirical focus, the …

'. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia's far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …

'. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia's far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …

; Lithuania ; Romania ; Russia ; Ukraine …

Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual manufacturing census data from 1985 to 2000, we find that Soviet … Russia displayed job flow behavior quite different from market economies, with very low rates of job reallocation that bore … reforming Russia than in "gradualist" Ukraine, as did the estimated effects of privatization and competitive pressures from …

’. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia’s far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …