officials', even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability …We analyse policy makers' incentives to fight corruption under different institutional qualities. We find that 'public … legal equality can be considered worse in reducing corruption. Finally, corruption is significantly lower when the detection …

perverse effects of institutions in the unofficial economy. Employing a recent index of corruption based on objective data, the … paper shows that formal institutions are more effective in combating corruption in countries with high levels of social …The aim of this paper is to explore under which conditions institutional quality leads to lower corruption. A model of …

discretion and hence the space for policy errors; (2) human resource policies, capacity building, effective anti-corruption …, and inclusive political institutions to inform and monitor policymaking …