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Collective Action and Post-Communist Enterprise: The Economic Logic of Russia’s Business Associations

Pyle, William - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

development are high relative to those for purposes that are less benign. …

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What Drives the Speed of Job Reallocation During Episodes of Massive Adjustment?

Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

This paper uses individual-level data to characterize economy-wide job creation and destruction during periods of massive structural adjustment. We contrast the gradualist Czech and the rapid Estonian approach to the destruction of the communist economy to provide evidence on selected...

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Explaining Postcommunist Economic Performance

King, Lawrence P. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

This article critiques neoliberal transition theory from a neoclassical sociological perspective. Neoliberals argue that postcommunist economic failure is the result of inadequate adherence to neoliberal precepts. This paper argues that the neoliberal policy package of “Shock Therapy”...

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Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths

Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Small start-up firms are the engine of job creation in early transition and yet little is known about the characteristics of this new sector. We seek to identify patterns of job growth in this sector in terms of niches left from central planning and ask about differences in job creation across...

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A Comparison of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China’s Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational attainment gaps are widening. We are particularly interested in whether the differences in majority and minority economic outcomes are the result of ethnicity per se, or whether...

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Financial Institutions and The Wealth of Nations: Tales of Development

Tong, Jian; Xu, Chenggang - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial … institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … evolution of the financing regimes. The e?ectiveness of R&D selection mechanisms depends on the institutions and the development …

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Institutions, Governance and Technology catch-up in North Africa

Drine, Imed - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011

the quality of governance. The empirical results show that institutions (corruption, law and rules and investment climate …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010545919

Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?

Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client’s decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...

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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down

Hunt, Jennifer - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

Using cross–country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more likely than non–victims to bribe public officials. Misfortune increases victims’ demand for public services, raising bribery indirectly, and also increases victims’...

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Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others?

Hunt, Jennifer - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Using detailed Peruvian data measuring bribery, I assess which types of public official are most corrupt and why. I distinguish between the bribery rate and the size of bribes received, and seek to explain the variation in each across public institutions. The characteristics of officials’...

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