How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions

How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions

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...

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Main Authors: Alexey Baranov, Egor Malkov, Leonid Polishchuk, Michael Rochlitz, Georgiy Syunyaev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Voprosy Ekonomiki 2015-06-01
Series:Russian Journal of Economics
Subjects:
institutions
institutional measurement
regional rankings
centralized and decentralized corruption
institutional dynamics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405473915000227
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spelling doaj-a82709c4e85b44b9bfce3d58603de22f2020-11-25T01:49:39ZengVoprosy EkonomikiRussian Journal of Economics2405-47392015-06-011215418110.1016/j.ruje.2015.11.005How (not) to measure Russian regional institutionsAlexey BaranovEgor MalkovLeonid PolishchukMichael RochlitzGeorgiy SyunyaevThe 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.JEL classification: D73, D78, H73, H83, O17http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405473915000227institutionsinstitutional measurementregional rankingscentralized and decentralized corruptioninstitutional dynamics
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Egor Malkov
Leonid Polishchuk
Michael Rochlitz
Georgiy Syunyaev
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Egor Malkov
Leonid Polishchuk
Michael Rochlitz
Georgiy Syunyaev
How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
Russian Journal of Economics
institutions
institutional measurement
regional rankings
centralized and decentralized corruption
institutional dynamics
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Egor Malkov
Leonid Polishchuk
Michael Rochlitz
Georgiy Syunyaev
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title How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
title_short How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
title_full How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
title_fullStr How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
title_full_unstemmed How (not) to measure Russian regional institutions
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publisher Voprosy Ekonomiki
series Russian Journal of Economics
issn 2405-4739
publishDate 2015-06-01
description 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.JEL classification: D73, D78, H73, H83, O17
topic institutions
institutional measurement
regional rankings
centralized and decentralized corruption
institutional dynamics
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