Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Argument betrachtet, dass es indirekt hilfreich sein könnte, bei der Armutsbekämpfung in Entwicklungsländern private Unternehmen als „corporate citizens“ für die Reduktion von Korruption zu gewinnen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass dieses Argument auf einer Reihe...

It is the prevailing approach in the public choice literature to model lobbying and corruption in the same manner. On the contrary, we attempt to capture both in the same framework (auction theory), but using different modelling approaches. We present a unified framework in which some...

We consider an argument that it might be helpful to combat poverty in developing countries indirectly by enlisting firms' help (as corporate citizens) in reducing corruption. It turns out that this argument crucially depends on a fair number of presmises, including (a) a common interest of firms...

We consider an argument that it might be helpful to combat poverty in developing countries indirectly by enlisting firms‘ help (as corporate citizens) in reducing corruption. It turns out that this argument crucially depends on a fair number of presmises, including (a) a common interest of...

The current work focuses on the economics of corruption, with an emphasis on the influence of internet users and press freedom on the perception of corruption. An analysis of crosssectional data obtained for 113 countries in 2010 was implemented by means of a generalized linear model involving a...