Protection or Repression: The Impact of Judiciary Behavior on SME Development in Russia.

Authors

  • Vladimir Kozlov National Research University Higher School of Economics
  • Alexander Libman Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37335/ijek.v2i1.12

Keywords:

small business, judicial behavior, Russian regions

Abstract

The paper investigates the role of judiciary behavior in the development of SMEs in Russian regions. Specifically, it looks at how repressive Russian courts are in punishing economic crime. Repressiveness of courts can be both an obstacle of business development (if it serves the predatory behavior of bureaucrats) and a factor improving the environment for business (if it reduces risks of illicit behavior on the side of SMEs’ counterparts). Utilizing the differences in court repressiveness and SME development across Russian regions, we show that court behavior indeed affects the development of SMEs, at least as captured by the official statistics. For small business in the area of trade, higher repressiveness of courts in the matters of fraud seems to encourage business development, while repressiveness in corruption and illicit entrepreneurship has a negative effect.

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Published

2014-06-30

How to Cite

Kozlov, V., & Libman, A. (2014). Protection or Repression: The Impact of Judiciary Behavior on SME Development in Russia. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.37335/ijek.v2i1.12

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge

Section

Research

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International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge (ISSN 2336-2960) is published by the Center for International Scientific Research of VŠO and VŠPP in cooperation with the following partners:

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