This paper analyzes the existing relation between corruption and economic growth andexamines the possible outcome of a reform implemented by the State to weed out or reducecorruption. It will be stressed that the reform against corruption tends, if not deemed bythe operators to last in time, to...

This paper analyzes the existing relationship between ethnic fractionalization, corruption and the growth rate of a country. We provide a simple theoretical model. We show that a nonlinear relationship between fractionalization and corruption exists: corruption is high in homogeneous or very...

<font size="2" face="CMR10"><font size="2" face="CMR10">This paper analyzes the existing relationship between ethnolinguistic fractionalization, corruption and the growth rate of a country. We provide a simple theoretical model. We show that a non-linear relationship between fractionalization and corruption exists: corruptionis high in homogeneous or...</font></font>

In this paper we try to construct an hypothesis as to why, as data seem to show, countries that adopt more "transparent procurement", as calculated by the share of tender advertised publicly, are also the ones where corruption is considered more pervasive. We describe an economy where in...