Obesity of politicians and corruption in post‐Soviet countries

@article{Blavatskyy2020ObesityOP,
  title={Obesity of politicians and corruption in post‐Soviet countries},
  author={Pavlo R. Blavatskyy},
  journal={Economics of Transition and Institutional Change},
  year={2020}
}
  • P. Blavatskyy
  • Published 18 July 2020
  • Economics
  • Economics of Transition and Institutional Change
© 2020 The Author. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change © 2020 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Pavlo Blavatskyy is a member of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Chair, which is part of LabEx Entrepreneurship (University of Montpellier, France) and is funded by the French government (Labex Entreprendre, ANR-10-Labex-11-01). Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France 
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