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Corruption Perceptions versus Corruption Incidence: Competition for Rents Across Russian Regions

February 19, 2016 LPS Initiative

This paper examines the effects of competition for favors on the prevalence and perceptions of corruption across Russian regions. Perceptions of corruption might differ from incidence because they are not necessarily based on personal experience. […]