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 …

, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the … on the other hand, were responsible for the incompetence shown in providing relief, for involvement in corruption related … responsible for different types of corruption and mismanagement provided us with a unique data to differentiate between voter …

, the threat of being betrayed by their fellows may induce top-criminals to rely on corruption (to avoid sanctions). However …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, causal evidence on the effects of corruption is still lacking. In … this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall …

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 …

Preventing corruption and improving the public service management are the main goals of the promotion of ethical … service, implying both the corruption issue and the decline of trust in the public administration. In Dwight Waldo’s theory …

The paper aims to achieve a synthesis of the systemic connections between corruption, transparency and quality of the … public services. Situated at the interface between public and private, corruption has the political and administrative … environments as important determinations. Based on a series of papers from the area of corruption economics, the paper proposes a …