DIGITALIZATION OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AS A MECHANISM FOR REDUCING CORRUPTION-RELATED COSTS: THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL MATURITY ON THE ECONOMIC RETURN OF ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES
The study aims to assess the impact of regional digital maturity on corruption-related costs and the economic return of anti-corruption measures. Based on a dataset of average values for 2020–2025, 15 constituent entities of the Russian Federation were compared and categorized into three digital maturity groups. The me...