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

must also inspire confidence in those they serve. The authors use data from the Gallup World Poll, a unique and very large … 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 …

This paper seeks to find empirical evidence of a link between tax simplification and corruption in tax administration … between simpler tax regimes and corruption in tax administration. Corruption in tax administration is calculated with data … series from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey Database. The focus is on business taxes. The study includes 104 countries …

This paper examines the data sources and methodologies used in economic research on corruption by analyzing 339 journal … corruption. Cross-country composite indicators remain the dominant measure, while single country studies more frequently utilize … causes of corruption. The broader dataset of 882 articles highlights the significant academic interest in corruption across …

corruption. This study complements these cross-country studies by focusing on microeconomic factors that affect bribes paid in a … equilibrium level of corruption in the sector. On the side of bribe payers, enterprises that are more profitable, enterprises that … macroeconomic and political factors that previous studies have found to affect the overall level of corruption. …

financial, legal, and corruption issues that firms report as constraints, actually affect their growth rates. The results show … constraints in countries with underdeveloped financial, and legal systems, and higher corruption. So, policy measures to improve … financial, and legal development, and reduce corruption are well justified in promoting firm growth, particularly the …

control of corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, political stability, and voice and …'s even more widely-known aggregate index similarly reflects perceptions not only of corruption, as intended, but of the …

false response as self-protection mechanisms. Corruption is understated as a result. We test our arguments using the World … corruption. Many of these studies have employed firm-level survey data from various countries. While insightful, these analyses … firms. Treating firms' responses on a sensitive issue like corruption at their face value could produce incorrect inferences …