Collective Action and Post-Communist Enterprise: The Economic Logic of Russia’s Business Associations

William Pyle

Middlebury College Working Paper Series from Middlebury College, Department of Economics

Abstract: Drawing on a unique set of surveys, this article explores the question of whether Russia’s post-communist business associations are generally antithetical to or supportive of the broad objectives of economic restructuring. Contrary to the most widely cited analysis as to the purposes of collective action in the business community, the survey evidence demonstrates that association members have embraced market-adapting behaviors at greater rates than non-members. The responses of both firms and associations, moreover, suggest that the associations themselves may, at least in part, be directly responsible. These findings point to the conclusion that in contemporary Russia the net returns to collective action in support of market development are high relative to those for purposes that are less benign.

Keywords: Key words: business associations; collective action; post-communist transition; and market institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 L2 L3 O1 P2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2005-09
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