This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crime and poverty … corruption, but rather that corruption is underestimated if only measured by bribe-taking without taking into account political …

reinforcing inequality and corruption. Despite the broad empirical evidence, there are only a few formal theoretical models on … these dynamics. Relying on a game-theoretic approach, we show how inequality and corruption are interconnected via a crime … societies feature high levels of corruption and criminal activity. Surprisingly, our results allow for the interpretation that …

Is dishonest behavior contagious? We answer this question by studying whether corruption scandals affect the propensity … shoppers, we show that the probability of stealing increases by 16% after a local corruption scandal breaks. This effect is not …

, the threat of being betrayed by their fellows may induce top-criminals to rely on corruption (to avoid sanctions). However …

retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, anti-corruption measures might also induce criminal … increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to …

increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to … retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, this kind of anti-crime measure might also induce …

With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …