%0 Journal Article
%T Why Enforcing its UNCAC Commitments Would be Good for Russia: A Computable General Equilibrium Model
%A Michael P. BARRY
%J Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics
%D 2010
%I International Ataturk Alatoo University
%X Russia has ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption but has not successfully enforced it. This paper uses updated GTAP data to reconstruct a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to quantify the macroeconomic effects of corruption in Russia. Corruption is found to cost the Russian economy billions of dollars a year. A conclusion of the paper is that implementing and enforcing the UNCAC would be of significant economic benefit to Russia and its people.
%K Russia
%K corruption
%K computable general equilibrium
%K CGE
%K UN Convention against Corruption
%K UNCAC
%K Global Trade Analysis Project
%K GTAP
%U http://ejbe.org/EJBE2010Vol03No05p93BARRY.pdf