Firms and social policy preferences under weak institutions: Evidence from Russia

Arbeitspapier

When does business support the expansion of social policy in the developing world? Existing work on managers' preferences has tended to concentrate on the developed world, where governments can credibly commit to policy, tax evasion is constrained, and mechanisms exist to hold the bureaucracy accountable for policy implementation. In this paper, I relax these assumptions, arguing that weak institutions create opportunities for some firms to shift costs onto others: making social policy more attractive. I argue that firms with political connections are uniquely positioned to benefit from subsidies and property rights protection, which decreases the cost of social policy, while firms with low visibility can evade taxes and free-ride off universalistic social policy. Such firms will support social policy even where institutions are poor. I test this argument using a survey of 666 firms in 10 Russian regions.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-952-323-217-4
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: BOFIT Discussion Papers ; No. 7/2018

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Business Objectives of the Firm ; Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Marques II, Israel
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/212892
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ