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The Paradox of Czech Crusaders: Will They Ever Learn the Corruption Lesson? (Corruption and Anticorruption in the Czech Republic)

Lizal, Lubomir; Kocenda, Evzen - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2001

Corruption has a negative impact on society and economy. The transition process in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE …) uncovered dormant possibilities for corruption and necessity for appropriate steps to be taken. We document the state of … corruption in the Czech Republic and the measures introduced to fight it. We cover sectors of society and economy according to …

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Shareholder Democracy in the Czech Republic (in Czech)

Havel, Jiøí - In: Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) 55 (2005) 9-10, pp. 441-459

Joint-stock companies are among the most fundamental components of a market economy. “Voucher privatization” in the Czech Republic saw an abrupt mushrooming of joint-stock companies where none had appeared for over a generation. This occurred in an environment lacking in guiding...

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Illicit financial flows : illicit narcotics transiting West Africa

Shaw, Mark - 2019

This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development impacts, including its resulting illicit financial...

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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana

Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019

Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...

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Cash on trial, mk II : economics, technology and institutions

Birchler, Urs W. (ed., introduction); … - Cash on Trial <Veranstaltung> <2019, Frankfurt am Main>; … - 2019

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Evaluating the use of personal connections to bypass formal procedures : a study of vriski in Republic of Macedonia

Williams, Colin C.; Bezeredi, Slavko - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 8 (2017) 2, pp. 169-182

The soliciting of personal favours for and from others in order to circumvent formal procedures is a common practice across the world, variously known as guanxi, wasta, blat, and jeitinho. Until now, however, there have been no known empirical studies of this practice in South-East Europe. This...

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The nature of corruption : an interdisciplinary perspective

Dimant, Eugen - 2013

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …

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Engaging in corruption : the influence of cultural values and contagion effects at the micro level

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Guven, Cahit - 2013

, corruption experiences, gender roles, trust and values to examine the determinants of corruption, this paper goes beyond the …Previous empirical work on corruption has generally been cross-country in nature and focused on utilizing country …-level corruption ratings. By using micro-level data for over 20 European countries that directly measure individual characteristics …

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How does corruption affect public debt? : an empirical analysis

Cooray, Arusha; Schneider, Friedrich - 2013 - Revised version

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …

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The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine and other Central and Eastern European countries

Cherviakova, Valentyna; Cherviakova, Tetiana - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 7-30

The article investigates the causes, essence, and peculiarities of corruption and the shadow economy, as well as how … between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in all Central and Eastern European countries. However, the degree to … which corruption impacts the variation in the levels of the shadow economy differs significantly in countries across the …

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