Moving Away from the Command Economy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Douarin, Elodie; Mickiewicz, Tomasz

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“…The left-hand side axis is for ‘Can-Do’ (share of respondents believing something can be done), while all the other variables are scored against the right-hand side axis (average answer on a 1–5 scale). The countries are ordered by geographical localisation, starting with the Baltic states, the European Union Member states of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the rest of the Balkans, and finally the former Soviet Union States – this ordering should thus approximate a decreasing level of institutional quality (Douarin and Mickiewicz, 2017). However, reporting of corruption appears as likely in Estonia (the least corrupt country in our sample in 2015 according to Transparency International, with a ‘corruption perception index’ or CPI of 70) than in Tajikistan for example (the most corrupt country, with a CPI of 26).…”

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Individualism and attitudes towards reporting corruption: evidence from post-communist economies

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2021

Journal of Institutional Economics

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Individualistic values are often presented as promoting economic development; however, their links to relevant behaviour and preferences at the micro-level remain under-explored. Here we investigate the relationship between individualistic values and personal attitudes towards reporting corruption. Unlike much of the previous research which focuses on attitudes towards corruption, we analyse the micro-level mechanisms relating to one's willingness to escape the status quo and act against corruption. We also focus on a region associated with persistently high levels of perceived corruption. Our findings indicate that individualism is associated with a greater likelihood to act against corruption. The effect estimated is small but highly significant and robust to changes in estimators and specifications. We also find evidence that institutional trust and individualism strengthen each other to generate greater willingness to report corruption.

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Individualism and attitudes towards reporting corruption: evidence from post-communist economies

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2021

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Shock Therapy in Transition Countries: A Behavioral Macroeconomic Approach

2023

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I use a behavioral model to analyze how reforms in transition countries (such as price liberalization and competition policy) may affect their business cycle. The novelty of such a model is that the business cycle is generated endogenously interacting with confidence factors.It is assumed that agents do not form rational expectations, and they use simple rules and evaluate the forecasting performances of these rules ex-post. This paper generates policy implications that shock therapy may not be the ideal option for these countries as it may generate macroeconomic instability. The result of this model is in line with the recent macroeconomic literature that the size and the sequencing of reforms matter.

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Moving Away from the Command Economy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

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Individualism and attitudes towards reporting corruption: evidence from post-communist economies

Individualism and attitudes towards reporting corruption: evidence from post-communist economies

Shock Therapy in Transition Countries: A Behavioral Macroeconomic Approach

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