Politically Connected Firms: A Novel Channel for the Political Business Cycle in Putin’s Russia

This paper tests whether politically connected firms in Putin’s Russia are a channel for the political business cycle. Given the widespread corruption and crony capitalism that exists in Russia, it is likely that federal and regional politicians may need to buy the electoral support of powerful, con...

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Main Author: Morkovine, Daniel
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2017
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1485
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2557&context=cmc_theses