economy reduces corruption in high-income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. Finally, the various …

lack of rule of law, corruption, presidential democracies, and underdeveloped financial systems. Another hypothesis is that … a resource boom reinforces rent grabbing and civil conflict especially if institutions are bad, induces corruption …

Initiative (MDRI), the World Bank has refrained from this policy, and that debt relief decisions are rather politically driven …

that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our theoretical model predicts that controlling the levels of corruption can … levels of pollution are dependent on the levels of corruption. Our results hold when we control for the effects of other …

This paper presents an analysis of the effect of bureaucratic corruption on economic growth through a public finance …. Corruption takes the form of the embezzlement of public funds, the effect of which is to increase the government's reliance on …