Public Procurement in the Systemic Corruption Environment: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Evidence from the Czech Republic

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Gender differences in health: evidence from the Czech Republic.

Gender differences in health have been linked to gender stratification in the United States. Women's relation to production, paid and unpaid work, and their experience of this gender inequality disadvantage their self-rated health compared to men. Men's consumption or health lifestyles disfavors their comparative health. This formulation is tested in the Czech Republic with a sample of matched ...

Corruption in Procurement and Shadow Campaign Financing: Evidence from Russia∗

Using objective micro-level data on tunneling for the population of large Russian firms, we document pervasive corruption in public procurement. Corruption exhibits political cycle: firms with procurement revenue provide shadow financing for regional elections. Using variation in quality of tax inspectors as a source of variation in tunneling, we show that political connections are not the only...

Does FDI facilitate Domestic Entry? Evidence from the Czech Republic

This paper analyzes the impact of FDI on domestic firm entry and firm size distributions in 245 industries in the Czech Republic during 1994 to 2000. We find that larger foreign presence stimulates the entry of domestic firms within the same industry indicating the existence of positive horizontal spillovers from FDI. We also find evidence of significant vertical entry spillovers – FDI in downs...