against supporters of the rival party.  Despite a strong anti-corruption stance of the yellow-shirt movement members of both …

effect is strengthened in countries with lower level of public sector corruption and better functioning legal systems …

countries with lower levels of public sector corruption and better functioning legal systems. Furthermore, the interaction …

countries with less public sector corruption, and for OECD countries with better functioning legal systems, but not for non …

’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The … corruption is close to one third of that exercised by the level of development. Some cautious policy conclusions are derived. …

Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) a reciprocity relationship between briber and public official, (2 … negative externalities have no apparent effect. The penalty threat significantly reduces corruption, although discovery …

electoral systems and the level of political corruption. It is worth noticing that besides the research conducted by political … political corruption and the electoral systems is presented so as to assess to what degree this approach may be treated as …

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 …

Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …

This paper examines lobbying and corruption as alternative ways of dealing with regulatory obstacles. I propose a model … that firms who join lobby groups do not stop paying bribes to bureaucrats, and firms more impacted by corruption are no …