Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries' public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no "objective" measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries’ public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no “objective” measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

As recently suggested, the shadow economy and its determinants (taxation, regulations, corruption, etc.) are linked … and honest/appreciated institutions. The other (bad) equilibrium is quite the opposite. Our paper examines the links …

institutions by strengthening the rule of law or regulatory quality bear greater results. Thus, when it comes to corruption control …Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing … corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual …

about the effect of the pandemic for longer-term outcomes such as corruption. We look at the historical data on political … and economic crises to assess what we can learn from the long-term effects of past crises on corruption. We hypothesize … that strong rule of law institutions may ameliorate the possible adverse effects of political and economic crises on …

violation of the social contract between the state and its citizens, and as arising when the informal institutions comprising … society's formal institutions (state morality). Drawing upon evidence from 1,018 face-to-face interviews conducted in Bulgaria … during 2013, the finding is that the greater is the asymmetry between formal and informal institutions (i.e., citizens' civic …