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Communist party membership and bribe paying in transitional economies

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  • Timothy Hinks

    (University of the West of England, Bristol)

  • Artjoms Ivlevs

    (University of the West of England, Bristol)

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Using data on 30 post-socialist countries this paper provides evidence that individuals with some association with the Communist Party before 1991 are more likely to bribe twenty years after the collapse of socialism and that inherited norms of bribery from Communist Party members explains this finding.

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  • Timothy Hinks & Artjoms Ivlevs, 2014. "Communist party membership and bribe paying in transitional economies," Working Papers 20141401, Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol.
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