CURRENT ECONOMIC AND LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR ENSURING NATIONAL ECONOMIC SECURITY

DOI: 10.31673/2415-8089.2026.012610

Abstract

The article examines contemporary mechanisms and indicators for combating economic corruption
in Ukraine, which is a key factor in ensuring the country’s economic security. Particular attention is
paid to the analysis of corruption as a hidden variable that cannot be directly measured and requires
the use of comprehensive approaches to assess its level and scale of impact on the economy. The
authors consider various methods for assessing corruption, including direct and indirect methods,
structural analysis, soft modeling, expert assessments, and mixed approaches. It is shown that the
comprehensive application of these techniques allows for a more objective picture of the state of
corruption and the shadow economy, taking into account macroeconomic, institutional, and
behavioral factors.
The article highlights the key elements of mechanisms to combat economic corruption, including:
economic management and motivation tools, mechanisms for rapid response to corruption, selfregulation tools, information and analytical monitoring and assessment systems, as well as a set of
indicators of economic corruption that allow its manifestations to be formalized and quantified. The
authors emphasize the need to improve the methodology of indicator analysis in order to assess
corruption risks and increase the effectiveness of systems for detecting and preventing corruption in
state authorities and local self-government bodies at all levels.
The practical significance of the study lies in providing recommendations to scientists, state
bodies, local self-government bodies, and business entities on improving economic security,
optimizing anti-corruption policies, and developing effective mechanisms to counter corruption in
various sectors of the economy. The results of the study can be used to develop comprehensive systems
for monitoring and assessing corruption risks at the national and regional levels.
Keywords: corruption, economic security, corruption indicators, counteraction mechanisms,
shadow economy, assessment methods.

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