the innovation activity of the firms in the analysed countries, conditional on the fact that they consider the corruption … imply that there is a link between innovation activity of the firms, perceptions of corruption and the evaluation of … activity, based on this analysis we cannot argue that innovation activity would be higher if corruption perceptions were lower …

the innovation activity of the firms in the analysed countries, conditional on the fact that they consider the corruption … that there is a link between innovation activity of the firms, perceptions of corruption and the evaluation of innovation … on this analysis we cannot argue that innovation activity would be higher if corruption perceptions were lower in the …

In this paper, we study the evolution of corruption patterns in 27 postcommunist countries during the period 1996 …-2012 using the Control of Corruption Index and the corruption category Markov transition probability matrix. This method allows … us to generate the long-run distribution of corruption among the post-communist countries. Our empirical findings suggest …

. Overall, our findings suggest that the proclivity to corruption of the former Communist party members has been transmitted … through family and thus sustained over time, contributing to corruption decades after the demise of the Socialist bloc. …

This working paper contains supplementary material to the paper Communism or Communists? Soviet Legacies and Corruption … the results described in the published paper. -- corruption ; transition economies ; path dependence ; Soviet legacies …

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 …

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 …

), and increase of corruption costs for product innovations. -- innovation ; red tape ; business climate ; corruption …The paper investigates innovation activities of enterprises, and the impact both of intra-firm features and external … barriers and accompanying corruption burden in the case of innovative firms. We use "Business Environment and Enterprise …

In this paper we explore relationships between corruption perceptions and such characteristics as the size of shadow … countries. It is shown that irrespective of whether the economy is developed or transitional, negative dependence of corruption … the shadow economy passes 45%, the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ceases to respond to growth of …