Monitoring the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development in Russia: 5-Th Round

Shchetinin, Oleg; Zamulin, Oleg; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina; Yakovlev, Evgeny

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1269370

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“…This is suggestive of an effect of bureaucracy size on incentives within the bureaucracy, rather than on physical capacity to implement economic reforms or provide public goods, as bureaucracies that are larger solely because of scale effects may not have any greater capacity. Consistent with this interpretation, Shetinin et al (2005) report that regional officials in Russia often issue permits in areas where they have no formal licensing authority, with the cost of such permits less than that of the corresponding licenses from federal authorities. If firms are able to choose among such approvals, then the cost of acquiring licenses to engage in economic activity could be negatively associated with the number of regional officials.…”

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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

2009

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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

2009

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“…Thus, the positive estimated effect of bureaucracy in the instrumental variables regression suggests that bureaucracy size may work through incentives, introducing competition among bureaucrats and thus improving the environment for privatized firms. Consistent with this interpretation, Shetinin et al (2005) report that regional officials in Russia often issue permits in areas where they have no formal licensing authority, with the cost of such permits less than that of the corresponding licenses from federal authorities. If firms are able to choose among such approvals, then the cost of acquiring licenses to engage in economic activity could be negatively associated with the number of regional officials.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

Brown¹,

Earle

Gehlbach

2009

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to implement policies effectively and provide a supportive institutional environment? We explore these questions in a study of privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and employing a multilevel research design that controls for preprivatization selection in the estimation of regional privatization effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find that privatization is more effective in regions with relatively large bureaucracies. Our analysis suggests that this effect is driven by the impact of bureaucracy on the postprivatization business environment, with better institutional support and less corruption when bureaucracies are large.

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“…Either there is growing entry to the markets by competing fi rms or their performance has been developing -or both of these. Further, corruption has gained rather low values in comparison during the monitored period, but this worsened in 2004 (Shetinin et al 2005).…”

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Management and Change in Turbulent Times: How Do Russian Small Business Managers Perceive the Development of Their Business Environment?

Jumpponen

Ikävalko

Pihkala

2008

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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This paper focuses on the management of small businesses in Russia. Despite the growing importance of the Russian small business sector, there are surprisingly few empirical studies focusing on this topic. As the business environment in Russia is repeatedly noted to be in constant change, the purpose of the paper is to explore Russian owner‐managers perceptions of the development of their business environment from 2000 to 2004. The paper reports the results of a survey conducted among 164 business managers in North‐West Russia. The results indicate that Russian owner‐managers tend to monitor changes in the business environment and adapt their management accordingly, if not beforehand. However, the results are not unambiguous, as the study found wide variations in the extent to which gap the managers monitored and adapted to perceived changes in the business environment.

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Monitoring the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development in Russia: 5-Th Round

Cited by 11 publications

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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

Management and Change in Turbulent Times: How Do Russian Small Business Managers Perceive the Development of Their Business Environment?

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