Corruption and institutions in Russia

Levin, Michael; Satarov, Georgy

doi:10.1016/s0176-2680(99)00050-6

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“…The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary have undergone a system transformation from centrally planned economies ruled by a communist political system to market economies embedded in democratic political systems (Whitefield 2002), thus serving as a breeding ground for corruption (Levin and Satarov 2000).…”

Section: H1b: In Stable Business Contexts the More The Behavioral Comentioning

confidence: 99%

Business freedom, corruption and the performance of trusting cooperation partners: empirical findings from six European countries

2014

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In this study we investigate the impact of trust on the performance of cooperating firms, taking into account two core aspects: First, we look at environmental uncertainty, which shows in the degree of change there is in business freedom. Second, we account for behavioral uncertainty -captured as the average level of freedom from corruption in a country. Based on survey data from 791 firms engaged in national cooperation in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, we find that behavioral coordination based on trust impacts on cooperating firms' performance positively in dynamic and negatively in stable contexts. Freedom from corruption enhances firm performance in dynamic contexts but is not a significant predictor in stable contexts. Further, we find the trust-performance relationship to be moderated by freedom from corruption in dynamic but not in stable contexts. The findings contribute to a more contextualized research on trust and interorganizational cooperation, as has been called for recently.

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Section: H1b: In Stable Business Contexts the More The Behavioral Comentioning

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Business freedom, corruption and the performance of trusting cooperation partners: empirical findings from six European countries

2014

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“…However, such a result might be driven by the transitional nature of Chinese society. It is worth noting that countries making the transition to a market economy often experience unprecedented corruption during their transition (Levin andSatarov, 2000 andSvendsen, 2000).…”

Section: Deterrence and Corruptionmentioning

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The Causes of Corruption: Evidence from China

Dong

Torgler

2010

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SummaryIn this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher openness, more access to media and relatively higher wages of government employees are markedly less corrupt; while social heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and stateowned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover, fiscal decentralization is discovered to depress corruption significantly, while administrative decentralization fosters local corruption. We also find that there is currently a positive relationship between corruption and economic development in China that is mainly driven by the transition to a market economy. Keywords ABSTRACTIn this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher openness, more access to media and relatively higher wages of government employees are markedly less corrupt; while social heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover, fiscal decentralization is discovered to depress corruption significantly, while administrative decentralization fosters local corruption. We also find that there is currently a positive relationship between corruption and economic development in China that is mainly driven by the transition to a market economy.

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“…A large shadow economy reduces the state's tax collection, thus affecting the revenues governments need to provide public goods and to build trustworthy institutions. The incentive for enterprises to evade taxes increases and more bribes are paid to protect themselves (see Levin and Satarov 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%