corruption and the concealment of officials' bribes, tax havens discourage the provision of public goods and hence have also a … ; multinational firms ; corruption …

Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …

corruption where the judicial system is independent, this relationship has more ambiguous effects where the legal system is weak … and susceptible to politicization. These effects remain after controlling for standard determinants of corruption. …

In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even if they have democratic … high corruption levels. Our model is based on the fact that corrupt offcials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative … positions. In a probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more …

This paper develops a simple framework to analyze the links between corruption and the unofficial economy and their …

corruption-free or plagued by corruption. Contingent on the nature of adjudicatory bias, bribery either discourages private … antitrust lawsuits or incentivizes firms to engage in frivolous litigation. Corruption expectedly reduces the effectiveness of … can be social welfare-enhancing even in the presence of corruption. Under some circumstances, corruption actually …