Country risk assessment; corruption perception; national culture; Hofstede dimensions; Central and Eastern Europe; governance indicators

The article examines whether Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture correlate with country-risk and corruption-perception indicators in Central and Eastern Europe. Its empirical comparison finds only limited and inconsistent relationships between cultural similarity, corruption levels, and country risk.

ILOIE, RALUCA ELENA – TRIPON, CIPRIAN RAUL