results of an extensive ethnographic field study of the 2006 to 2008 Siemens corruption scandal. We find that this event did … corporate corruption with regard to its regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive dimensions. It is therefore particularly … perspective we reconstruct the development of the institutional context of the phenomenon corruption as well as its effects on the …

welfare through their decisions. Yet, cases of central bank corruption abound. The dissertation provides examples of ?pure …? corruption in central banks. Only a few studies address corruption and similar, but not necessarily criminal, behavior of central … bank employees and governors, even though corruption in the central bank is obviously possible. By the very nature of their …

in and that put their clout for the fight against corruption in question. Against this background, three novel anti-corruption …. What is more, legislation can also take advantage of these chinks to fight corruption effectively.In Section II it is … United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) are used as benchmarks. In addition, the respective legal provisions …

, which are associated with low growth expectations. In particular, perceptions of both corruption and of inadequate tax …

There is growing consensus on the view that corruption hurts economic performance by reducing private investment, by … –, corruption also has adverse distributional effects as it hurts the poor disproportionately. For a given level of government … budget and national income, high corruption countries achieve lower literacy rates, have higher mortality rates, and overall …