corruption, the features of electoral cycles. The paper discusses both theory and evidence, and concludes with some speculations …

The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime …. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption … countries with regard to the level of corruption. …

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …

hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel data covering the period of 2002–2012 for more than 150 countries … total working age population (15-64 years old) and corruption on political stability. This finding is robust, controlling … between corruption and the youth population remains robust when we control for the persistency of political stability and the …

Large-scale land acquisitions often take place in developing countries which are also known for their corruption …-friendliness caused by weak institutional frameworks. We hypothesize that corruption indeed leads to more land deals. We argue that … corrupt elites exploit poor institutional setups (characterized by corruption) to strike deals with domestic and international …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … use a novel dataset containing information on local corruption scandals reported in Spain during the period 1999-2009, and … methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected by a …