Communism or communists? Soviet legacies and corruption in transition economies

The paper investigates the influence of path dependence on corruption in Russian regions. We show that even twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, regions with a higher share of Communist Party members in the 1970s have substantially higher corruption.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Libman, Alexander ; Obydenkova, Anastassia
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 119.2013, 1, p. 101-103
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Corruption \| Transition economies \| Path dependence \| Soviet legacies

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; P26 - Political Economy; Property Rights
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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