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} }
© 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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