The role of whistle-blowing as a mechanism for deterring corruption has been conspicuously neglected in the economic … literature. This is quite surprising given the increase in legislation aimed at preventing corruption that includes whistle … deals squarely with the analysis of the role and potential impact of whistleblowing on the persistence of corruption in …

It has been argued that greater transparency is needed to reduce corruption. One way of increasing transparency is … experiment to determine their effect on corruption. Using a sample of democratic countries and two different corruption indices …, I find that countries that adopted FOI laws saw an increase in corruption. Results are robust throughout different …

to explore the impact of a country’s political environment on its level of corruption. The study provides strong evidence … urbanization are associated with a lower level of public sector corruption across all 121 countries. The colonial dummies and …

districts. Corruption and other forms of misconduct may be modeled in large educational organizations with strong vertical and … automata to study corruption in large educational organizations, including school districts and state university systems. The …

prices. The evidence offers a glimpse of quite explicit micro-level evidence on various types of behavior and corruption that …

Corruption in India is ubiquitous and may be broadly identified as illegal and legal. This paper delves into the … typology of legal corruption in India, which, apart from abuse of discretionary power, and tactical law and policy making, also … strongly support the existence of this form of legal corruption in India. The paper recommends that practices of ‘misuse’ of …

underlying o®ense with a criminal sanction for corruption, both imposed on o®enders. A higher criminal sanction for the … underlying o®ense implies that the government must spend more resources to detect and punish corruption (since the likelihood of … corruption (in order to o®set the negative e®ect on deterrence). …

two countries with cultures that differ in corruption norms, and which experience very different levels of bribery: the US … that short-term crackdowns may impact behavior in the short run, depending on the strength of the existing corruption norms …

Corruption in general and doping in particular are ubiquitous in both amateur and professional sports and have taken …

This paper examines the main determinants of firms tax evasion and corruption in the formal industrial sector. In our … model psychological morale of bureaucratic agents are important to explain corruption.It is shown that the presence of rents … linked to favoritism and patronage practices is fundamental in fostering corruption. Therfore, this endemic corruption can …