Do Informal Institutions Matter for Technological Change in Russia? The Impact of Communist Norms and Conventions, 1998-2004

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-169

  Granville, Brigitte ^a   Leonard, Carol S ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

innovation; institutions; investment; Russia; technological change; transition economies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INFORMAL SECTOR; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INVESTMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 71549160313     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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