The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the … press into account. Our main finding is that decentralization counteracts corruption in countries with high degrees of press …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the … press into account. Our main finding is that decentralization counteracts corruption in countries with high degrees of press …

The paper investigates the effects of checks and balances on corruption. Within a presidential system, effective … government and elected, rather than appointed, state supreme court judges are associated with lower corruption and, furthermore …

hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. …

This paper empirically analyzes the joint impact of democracy and press freedom on corruption. Based in the theoretical … literature, we argue that both institutional features are complements rather than substitutes in controlling corruption. Our … 175 countries from 1996 to 2010. The results show that democratic elections only work in controlling corruption, if there …

This paper calls attention to the instrumental role of democracy and press freedom in combating corruption. As opposed … to an autocracy with no or limited press freedom, a free press in a democracy can inform voters about the corruption of … carried out in this paper shows that democracy and press freedom can have significant impact on corruption. Though corruption …