We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …

This article addresses the mediating effect of corruption on the influence of stringency of environmental regulation on …) across European Union countries from 1995 to 2011, we unveil a direct and an interacting effect of countries' corruption and …, thus supporting a crowding-out effect of mandatory regulation on voluntary action. Second, increased corruption reduces the …