The importance of financial market reforms in combating corruption has been highlighted in the theoretical literature … both linear and non-monotonic forms of the relationship between corruption and financial intermediation. Our study finds a … negative and statistically significant impact of financial intermediation on corruption. Specifically, the results imply that a …

corruption. This study contributes to this literature by analyzing theoretically and empirically the role of the military in … politics and corruption for the first time. By drawing on a cross sectional and panel data set covering a large number of … positive relationship between the military in politics and corruption. In sum, our results reveal that a one standard deviation …

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …

Perceived corruption in the public sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of … Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes around 100 democracies over the period 2012-2016, a sample for which the CPI is … than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is …

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 … corruption. We test our hypotheses using panel data for over 100 countries during the years 1800- 2020. The results suggest …

This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … the involvement of women in society and the absence of corruption. However, once country-fixed effects are acknowledged … corruption by 2.5 index points (scale from zero to ten). Surprisingly, the link between the share of women in the labor force and …

Widening income disparities, higher corruption and larger informality in many emerging market and developing economies … America, while more informality increases the probability of their occurrence, corruption decreases it. In turn, when …

The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … corruption by the reversed Transparency International’s Perception of Corruption Index (CPI) and ignored that the CPI was not … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …