Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174987 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6864
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper argues that corruption in Russia is systemic in nature. Low wage levels of public officials provide strong incentives to engage in corruption. As corruption is illegal, corrupt officials can be exposed any time, which enforces loyalty towards the powers that be; thus corruption is a method of governance. We trace the systemic corruption back to the Mongolian empire and demonstrate its persistence to the current regime. We show the geographic distribution of contemporary corruption within Russia, survey the literature on the causes, consequences, and cures of corruption in Russia, and discuss entry points to fighting it.
Subjects: 
corruption
governance
institutions
political economy
history
Russia
JEL: 
D73
H11
H73
K42
N40
P37
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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