Regional differences in perceived corruption among Ukrainian firms

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-36

  Denisova Schmidt, Elena ^a   Huber, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

corruption; informal practices; regionalism; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DATA SET; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; REGIONALISM;

UKRAINE;

EID: 84906306555     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2014.915757     Document Type: Article

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