This paper examines the effects of different competitions for favors on the prevalence and perceptions of corruption across Russian regions. Results show that while greater general competition (measured by regional population size), increases both perceived and actual corruption, competition...

This paper examines determinants of corruption across Russian regions. Key contributions include: (i) a formal study of economic corruption determinants across Russian regions; (ii) comparisons of determinants of perceived corruption versus those of actual corruption; and (iii) studying the...

Italian Abstract: In questo lavoro si studiano quattro economie emergenti: Brasile, Russia, India e Cina (BRIC). I problemi affrontati sono: (a) le determinanti della crescita nel medio periodo sono diverse da quelle della crescita nel breve periodo?; (b) quali differenze ci sono fra gli effetti...

This paper empirically examines the relation between categories of export and corruption across countries. Aggregate exports and agricultural exports tend to decrease corruption, while fuel exports increase corruption. The influence of agricultural exports in more pronounced in more corrupt...