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How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
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Abstract The paper explores various measures of institutional quality in Russian regions, and compares those measures to each other. Such analysis leads to the conclusion that Russian regional institutions are essentially multidimensional, and therefore comparisons of Russian regions in terms of their overal... view more
The paper explores various measures of institutional quality in Russian regions, and compares those measures to each other. Such analysis leads to the conclusion that Russian regional institutions are essentially multidimensional, and therefore comparisons of Russian regions in terms of their overall institutional quality could be problematic. New institutional indices are derived from Russian enterprise surveys held under the BEEPS project of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Such indices yield a typology of Russian regions in terms of efficacy of regional administrations’ control over economy and bureaucracy in their regions. Dynamics of regional institutional indices is investigated against the backdrop of Russia-wide institutional trends.... view less
Keywords
institution; regional comparison; ranking; Russia
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
institutional measurement; regional rankings; centralized and decentralized corruption; institutional dynamics
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 154-181
Journal
Russian Journal of Economics, 1 (2015) 2
ISSN
2618-7213
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0