Williams, C.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933 and Horodnic, A.V. (2018) Evaluating the prevalence of informal payments for health services in Southeast Europe: an institutional approach. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea, 18 (3). pp. 345-365. ISSN 1468-3857
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explain the prevalence of informal payments for health services in Southeast Europe through the lens of institutional theory as resulting from formal institutional failures which lead to an asymmetry between the laws and regulations (formal institutions) and the unwritten rules (informal institutions), making informal payments acceptable. Reporting on a 2013 Eurobarometer survey of the propensity to make informal payments for health services in Southeast Europe, a strong association is found between the degree to which formal and informal institutions are unaligned and the prevalence of informal payments. The relationship between informal payments and formal institutional imperfections is then explored to identify the structural conditions which lead to this institutional asymmetry, and thus the propensity to make informal payments. The paper concludes by exploring the theoretical and policy implications.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Informal payments; Southeast Europe; health services; institutional theory; institutional asymmetry |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2018 10:13 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2020 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2018.1487138 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14683857.2018.1487138 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140062 |