This paper provides micro econometric evidence on the factors that influence an individual’s or a firm’s vulnerability to receiving bribe demands. While much of the existing literature on corruption looks at the effect of corruption on macro variables such as growth rates and income...

Cross country poverty comparisons on unit records have, rarely, involved both developing and developed countries. The present study attempts to fill this gap by comparing poverty across fourteen nations with diverse economic and demographic characteristics and at vastly different stages of...

This paper makes analytical, methodological and empirical contributions to the literature on purchasing power parity. Purchasing power parities are required in a host of cross-country welfare comparisons, such as poverty rates and gross domestic product. The subject has recently generated much...