industrial growth in India. The expected annual sales growth rate of an enterprise is lower where labor regulation is greater … business growth seem also to depend on a fourth element, namely, corruption. Specifically, labor regulation affects the growth … only of enterprises for which corruption is not a factor in business decisions. By contrast, power shortages seem to be a …

growth on a sample of predominantly small and mid-size manufacturers in India. The results suggest that excessive labor … factor, namely, corruption. The rate of fixed investment is significantly lower where power shortages are more severe and …-reportedly affected by corruption. Although access to finance does not seem to influence the rate of investment for most firms, there is …

gross domestic product. The country's public procurement is also vulnerable to corruption risks, which typically push prices … up, leading to overspending. To support better budget policies, this paper maps corruption and state capture risks using … administrative data on public procurement and examines their impact on prices. The analysis finds that overall corruption risk …

This paper addresses the causal relationship between corruption and youth unemployment from two different perspectives …. The discussion starts by asking how the corruption practices within government institutions that encourage the payment of … controlling for various macroeconomic and institutional factors, the development of corruption practices tend to increase the …

, improvement of public procurement competitiveness, and reduction of corruption. The paper finds that information and … relationship between e-procurement and bureaucratic corruption …

paper shows how this new research can shed light on the ubiquity of corruption in so many societies, and proposes ideas for … controlling corruption …

A new measure of cross-national corruption is constructed based on the geographic distribution of public officials … involved in cross-border corruption cases. A comparison is made between the Public Administration Corruption Index (PACI) and … increasingly valid cross-national measure of corruption …

corruption and confidence in public institutions. This suggests an important channel through which corruption can inhibit … in part a causal effect from corruption to confidence. The authors also show that individuals with low confidence in …