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Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova

Vice Dean (International)

Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
Head of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
Principal Fellow, UK HEA
National Teaching Fellow (NTF)
Chair of the University of Reading's Community of Practice for NTFs and HEA Fellows
Chair of the British Institute of Energy Economics Council
Visiting Professor at Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Turkey

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Specialisms

  • Transitioning and Emerging Economies, 
  • Hydrocarbon Development, 
  • Energy Economics, 
  • Corporate Governance in Resource Rich Emerging Economies

Location

Henley Business School building room G35, Whiteknights campus

Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova is Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and Head of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour at Henley Business School. She is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA).

Yelena is a proponent of experiential learning and research-based teaching, joining Henley Business School's department of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour in 2012. After working as an Economic Adviser to the President of Kazakhstan, Yelena founded the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading. She has a wide knowledge of emerging economies and their transition and was an economic adviser on Caspian issues to the Rt. Hon. Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Q.C., in the House of Lords. She was also an economic adviser to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kazakhstan (2006-2010) and is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and a Visiting Professor at Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Turkey.

Having co-authored the paper 'Corruption and Economic Development in Energy-Rich Economies' with Ali Kutan and Taner Yigit, Yelena received the prestigious Bergson Prize for the best paper published in Comparative Economic Studies from 2009-2010. The award included a monetary prize and a plaque, presented during the annual meetings of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies in Chicago.

Yelena was announced as the winner of the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme 2019, a prestigious award led by Advance HE to celebrate and reward outstanding individual impact across the UK. She is also a Certified Management and Business Educator and the Chair of the British Institute of Energy Economics Council.

Reference: Crowley‐Vigneau, A., Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Baykov, A. (2023) World‐class universities cut off from the West: Russian higher education and the reversal of the internationalisation norm? Higher Education Quarterly. ISSN 1468-2273 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12481
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Baykov, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2024) Norms as instruments of non-violent rivalry? Russian views on the promotion of renewable energy. International Politics. ISSN 1740-3898 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-024-00582-9
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Khlystova, O. and Imayo, A. (2022) Toward sustainable recovery and inclusive growth of the creative economy in a post-COVID-19 world. In: Sonobe, T., Buchoud, N. J.A., Tiong, T. G., Baek, S., Hendriyetty, N. S. and Sioson, E. P. (eds.) Creative Economy 2030: Imagining and Delivering a Robust, Creative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Recovery. Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, pp. 209-221. ISBN 9784899742579
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Baykov, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2022) International networks for sustainable development: the world bank and Russian flaring legislation. Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations., 27 (5). pp. 206-218. ISSN 1998-9938 doi: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2022.5.16
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Baykov, A. A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2022) Russian higher education under sanctions: a constructivist perspective. Polis Political Studies, 2022 (4). pp. 47-62. ISSN 1684-0070 doi: https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2022.04.05
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Heim, I. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Ghobadian, A. (2023) Win-win strategies for firms operating in resource-abundant countries: technological spillovers and a collaborative diversification policy. Resources Policy, 83. 103578. ISSN 0301-4207 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103578
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Abby Ghobadian
Reference: Khlystova, O. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2023) The impact of the creative industries and digitalization on regional resilience and productive entrepreneurship. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48 (5). pp. 1654-1695. ISSN 0892-9912 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10020-2
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Rowson, T. and Khlystova, O. (2021) Are virtual breakout rooms a blessing or curse in teaching and learning? In: Learning, Teaching & Student Experience 2021, 29-30 Jun 2021, Virtual.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Dr Tatiana Rowson
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Azhgaliyeva, D. and Belitski, M. (2022) Public policy instruments for procurement: an empirical analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 176. 121472. ISSN 0040-1625 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121472
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Maksim Belitski
Reference: Ahali, A. Y., Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Belitski, M. and Pichov, O. (2021) Fostering an economic linkage between indigenous Ghanaian firms and local content policy implementation: a critical review. International Trends Journal. ISSN 1811-2773 doi: https://doi.org/10.36871/ek.up.pr2022.0101010 (In Press)
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Maksim Belitski
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Baykov, A., Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Gnevasheva, V. (2021) Local content policies in the Russian Higher Education sector: harming or aiding internationalization? Educational Studies Moscow (4). pp. 147-165. ISSN 1814-9545 doi: https://doi.org/10.17323/1814-9545-2021-4-147-165
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Khlystova, O. and Imayo, A. (2021) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry: evidence from Kazakhstan. Journal of International Relations Theory and World Politics, 19 (3 (66)). pp. 147-156. ISSN 1728-2756 doi: https://doi.org/10.17994/IT.2021.19.3.66.3
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Heim, I. , Crowley Vigneau, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2023) Environmental and socio-economic policies in oil and gas regions: triple bottom line approach. Regional Studies, 57 (1). pp. 181-195. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2056589
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Radko, N., Belitski, M. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2023) Conceptualising the entrepreneurial university: the stakeholder approach. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48. pp. 955-1044. ISSN 0892-9912 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09926-0
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Maksim Belitski - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Heim, I. , Ribberink, N., Richert, M. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2024) Expected levels of sectoral economic integration: implications of the BRI project for resource-rich countries. European Journal of International Management, 23 (2-3). pp. 290-321. ISSN 1751-6765 doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2024.138662
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Baykov, A. (2023) World-class universities in Russia: a contested norm and its implementation. Journal of Studies in International Education, 27 (3). pp. 539-556. ISSN 10283153 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/10283153221105322
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Baykov, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2022) Challenges to environmental policies in Russia: the case of APG flaring. Terra Economicus, 20 (2). pp. 86-98. ISSN 2410-4531 doi: https://doi.org/10.18522/2073-6606-2022-20-2-86-98
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Khlystova, O. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Belitski, M. (2022) Towards the regional aspects of institutional trust and entrepreneurial ecosystems. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. ISSN 1355-2554 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-02-2022-0108
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Maksim Belitski
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Ketenci, N. (2023) What motivates the ‘green’ transition: Russian and European perspectives. Resources Policy, 81. 103128. ISSN 0301-4207 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103128
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Lee, J. (2020) Will COVID-19 change oil markets forever? In: Billio, M. and Varotto, S. (eds.) A new world post COVID-19 : lessons for business, the finance industry and policy makers. Innovation in Business, Economics & Finance (1). Edizioni Ca' Foscari, Italy, pp. 165-175. ISBN 9788869694424 doi: https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-442-4/012
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Baykov, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2020) Implementation of international norms in Russia: the case of higher education. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 29 (8-9). pp. 39-54. ISSN 0869-3617 doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-8-9-39-54
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Khlystova, O. and Imayo, A. (2021) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry evidence from Kazakhstan. International Trends, 19 (3). pp. 147-156. ISSN 1811-2773 doi: https://doi.org/10.17994/IT.2021.19.3.66.3
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Crowley-Vigneau, A., Istomin, I. A., Baykov, A. A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2021) Transnational policy networks and change through internationalization (The Record of Project 5-100). Polis. Political Studies (5). pp. 8-24. ISSN 1026-9487 doi: https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2021.05.02
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Khlystova, O. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Belitski, M. (2022) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creative industries: a literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Business Research, 139. pp. 1192-1210. ISSN 0148-2963 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.062
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Maksim Belitski
Reference: Dementieva, A., Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Sokolova, M. (2018) Convergence of corporate governance models in the context of globalization. Journal of International Relations Theory and World Politics, 16 (4 (55)). pp. 117-136. ISSN 1728-2756 doi: https://doi.org/10.17994/IT.2018.16.4.55.7
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Belitski, M. (2019) The impact of corruption and local content policy in on firm performance: evidence from Kazakhstan. Resources Policy, 61. pp. 67-76. ISSN 0301-4207 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.01.016
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Maksim Belitski
Reference: Heim, I. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Li, W. and Liu, K. (2019) Value co‐creation between foreign firms and indigenous small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kazakhstan's oil and gas industry: the role of information technology spillovers. Thunderbird International Business Review, 61 (6). pp. 911-927. ISSN 1520-6874 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22067
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Weizi (Vicky) Li - Professor Kecheng Liu
Reference: Heim, I. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Liu, K. (2017) Business value of IT in competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s energy sector: the role of international oil and gas companies in sustainable development of the local industry. In: British Academy of Management Proceedings (BAM2017), 5 - 7 Sep 2017, Warwick Business School.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Kecheng Liu
Reference: Belitski, M. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Azhgaliyeva, D. (2017) The role of alliances in leveraging national local content policies for firm competitiveness. International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, 6 (1/2). pp. 69-85. ISSN 1756-6452 doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSBA.2017.089844
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Maksim Belitski - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Azhgaliyeva, D., Belitski, M. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Romanov, M. (2018) Policy instruments for renewable energy: an empirical evaluation of effectiveness. International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 12 (1). pp. 24-48. ISSN 1740-2840 doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTIP.2018.094409
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Maksim Belitski - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Pomfret, R. (2017) Sustainable energy in Kazakhstan: moving to cleaner energy in a resource-rich country. Central Asia Research Forum. Routledge, London, pp286. ISBN 9781138238442 doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315267302
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Azhgaliyeva, D. , Belitski, M. , Jumasseitova, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2017) The impact of government-sponsored education abroad on entrepreneurship: case study Bolashak scholarship. Human Capital and Professional Education, 1 (21). pp. 37-47. ISSN 2226-9177
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Maksim Belitski - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2012) Developing labour skills through local content policy. Human Capital and Professional Education, 3 (3). pp. 37-43. ISSN 2226-9177
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Nygaard, C. A. , Omarov, Y. and Saparbayev, A. (2014) Household perceptions of local content policy in Kazakhstan. Vestnik Universiteta Kainar, 4 (1). pp. 14-29. ISSN 2226-1052
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Nygaard, C. A., Omarov, Y. and Saparbayev, A. (2016) Local content policies in resource-rich countries. Palgrave Macmillan, pp235. ISBN 9781137447852 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44786-9
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2018) Resource-rich countries, clean energy and volatility of oil prices. In: Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Pomfret, R. (eds.) Sustainable Energy in Kazakhstan Moving to cleaner energy in a resource-rich country. Routledge.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Azhgaliyeva, D. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2016) The evaluation of local content implementation in Kazakhstan. Vestnik Universiteta Kainar, 2016 (N3). pp. 51-59. ISSN 2226-1052
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Karatayev, M., Hall, S., Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Clarke, M. L. (2016) Renewable energy technology uptake in Kazakhstan: policy drivers and barriers in a transitional economy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 66. pp. 120-136. ISSN 1364-0321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.057
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Lee, J. (2014) China and Kazakhstan’s oil and gas partnership at the start of the twenty-first century. Emerging Markets, Finance and Trade, 50 (5). pp. 206-221. ISSN 1558-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.2753/REE1540-496X500515
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Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova

International Applied Challenge

The module provides intensive experiential learning in an international context, either virtually or via direct travel. This is an opportunity for students group visits a particular country, institutions and particular...

Module code: MMM156

Pedagogy Seminar

Through taking this module, students should gain a greater insight into contextualising language learning, updating notions of pedagogical achievements and challenges in business learning and providing pedagogical information and tutorial...

Module code: MMD012

Presentation at the International Conference "Challenges of the Entrepreneurship", Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, February 16 2012. Presentation: "Local Content in Kazakhstan: Public View on the Entrepreneurship".

Public Lecture for the Kazakh students, studied in the UK at the UCL, London, 9 February 2012. Lecture: "Local Content in Kazakhstan. Results of the Study"

Ditchley conference, "The Central Asian Republics and Their International Partners". The Ditchley Foundation, Oxford, 3-5 November 2011. The Ditchley Foundation is a privately-funded charity established in 1958 to promote trans-Atlantic understanding. Since then Ditchley conferences have expanded to include the concerns and participation of nations from across the globe. They are designed as a resource for senior policy-makers and professional analysts from the fields of politics, the civil service, education, civil society, business, industry and the media to study specific policy questions in a broad context, to hear the views of other experts in the field and to draw operational or analytical conclusions. Between 35 and 45 participants attend conferences by invitation. The proceedings are informal and off-the-record, with emphasis placed on frank debate and oral dialogue rather than on set presentations. Acted as rapporteur for Working Group and made it a presentation of main conclusions on energy sector and economic development.

Briefing at the Eastern Research Group, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate, FCO, London. September 2011. Paper: "Caspian region: Companies. Governments. Policies".

Paper at the Panel "The Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Elaborations for Europe and Central Asia" at the Western Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, 30 June, 2011. Paper: "National Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan- from stress test to global future".

Keynote speaker at the seminar co-hosted by CEAS and British-Kazakh Society, House of Lords, London, 15 June 2011.

Special event dissemination of the main results of the work of the CEAS on INSPIRE Project. Keynote paper: "Local Content in Kazakhstan - perceptions of households".

Conference Europeanisation of Energy Corridors: Nabucco Pipeline Project, Southern and Northern Corridor, CNRS/Sciences PO - CERI (International Institute for Strategic Studies), Paris, 19-20 May 2011. Paper: "Nabucco project and Caspian Interests".

Special briefing at the Kaztransgas (Gas National company), Astana, Kazakhstan, 27 April 2011.

Briefing: "Local Content in Kazakhstan: Company's strategy". The specific recommendations were taken by the company which was in the process of reviewing their local content strategy.

Special briefing at the National Agency on Local Content Development, Astana, Kazakhstan, 26 April 2011.

Briefing: "Local Content in Kazakhstan. What the households think about it?" The specific recommendations were taken by the Agency into consideration during designing the national strategy on local content development in Kazakhstan.

Public Lecture at the Institute of Political Solutions, Almaty, Kazakhstan. 22 April 2011.

Lecture: "Local Content in Kazakhstan. New way of Development?" This paper received a wider coverage in Kazakhstani press and was re-printed by many journals and newspapers.

Presentation together with Dr Christian Nygaard at the seminar series Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, March 16 2011. Paper: "Local Content Policy in Kazakhstan- result of the Household Survey".

Conference "Resource challenges of the Caspian oil boom. Domestic elites and policy making in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan", participation is sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation Research project "The Energy Sector and the Political Stability of Regimes in the Caspian Area", Bremen, 16-17 December 2010. Paper: "Spending Petro-Dollars", as well as principle discussant.

Round Table: "Emerging Market Economies in Central Asia". Sponsored by Volkswagen Foundation. Gottingen. Germany. 13 November 2010. Invited to address the round table as an expert on the economic development of the region.

Presentation at the seminar series Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, November 3 2010. Paper: "National Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan- from stress test to global future".

6th Global Local Content Summit. London, September 27-30 2010. The Global Local Content Summit is the largest and most prestigious annual gathering of senior local content decision makers from across the globe. Paper: "The Role Of Local Content In The Economic Development Of Resource-Rich Countries".

ICCEES VIII World Congress 25- 31 July, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden. CEAS hosted a panel. The paper: "Resource nationalism, credit growth and state owned investment vehicles in Russia and Kazakhstan" was presented together with A. Nygaard.

5th Annual Kazakhstan Growth Forum. London. 16 June 2010. Paper: "Local Content in the Caspian Region". The Kazakhstan Growth Forum is Europe's leading event on investing doing business in Kazakhstan - attracting 300 top-level participants even amidst the economic challenges of 2009. This event is also a key meeting place for high-level decision-makers from the Kazakhstani government and the corporate sector, foreign strategic investors, international financiers and leading experts and academics on the region.

"Oil and Gas Conference" organised by the Petrosam programme board of the Research Council of Norway (similar to ESRC), 9 June 2010, Oslo, Norway. Special invitation by the Council to assess work on the project "Resource nationalism in the Caspian region-with a special focus on Kazakhstan".

RussCasp Strategic Forum. Oslo. 11 March 2010. Paper: "Kazakhstan: understanding the government's approach to IOCs".

Public Lecture for the Kazakh students, studied in the UK at the UCL, London, 12 November 2009. Lecture: "Local Content in Kazakhstan. New way of Development?"

Presentation at the seminar series Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, 4 November 2009. Paper: "Local Content as a Factor in Oil and Gas Projects".

UN Second South-South High Level Meeting on Oil and Gas Management. Nairobi, Kenya. 12 October 2009. Paper: "Managing Expectations of Emerging Oil and Gas Producing Countries: Companies. Governments. Policies".

5th Global Local Content Summit. London, September 28-29, 2009. The Global Local Content Summit is the largest and most prestigious annual gathering of senior local content decision makers from across the globe. Paper: "Local Content Policy in Kazakhstan".

Invited speaker by the government of Kazakhstan at IV Eurasian Energy Forum (Astana, Kazakhstan) "Local Content: Companies. Governments. Policies". 24-25 September 2009. Paper: "Local Content Policy in Kazakhstan - An Overview".

Speaker at the CICM Conference "20 Years of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Money, Banking and Financial Markets" (London), "Oil, Credit Growth and State Owned Financial Intermediaries in Russia and Kazakhstan", 17-18 September 2009. Paper: "Resource Nationalism and Credit Growth in FSU Countries".

House of Lords. 13 November 2008. Address to the House of Lords group on energy. "Economics of the Caspian Oil and Gas Wealth".

ASSA/AEA. New Orleans, USA, 4-7 January 2008. Won competition of panels. Panel "Energy Issues and Challenges in Emerging Economies". Paper: "Determinants of Corruption and the Growth-Corruption Links in Energy-Rich Economies".