The paper explores a game-theoreticmodel of petty corruption involving a sequence of entrepreneurs and a track of bureaucrats. Each entrepreneur's project is approved if and only if it is cleared by each bureaucrat. The project value is stochastic; its value is observed only by the entrepreneur,...

This paper analyses the impact of vertical grants on local public sector efficiency. First, we develop a theoretical model in which the bureaucrat sets the tax price while voters choose the quantity of public services. In this model, grants reduce efficiency if voters do not misinterpret the...

This paper models corruption as optimal parasitism in organizations where teams of agents are weakly restrained by principals. Each agent takes on part of the role of principal, choosing how much to invest in policing to repress corruption in others and how rapaciously to act when unpoliced...

This paper empirically analyzes the effects of de jure financial openness on institutional quality as captured by indicators on investment risk, corruption level, impartiality of judiciary system as well as the effectiveness of bureaucratic authorities. Using a panel data set of more than 110...

In Africa there has been an immense effort in the past, continuing into the present, to unite politically and to build numerous economic integration areas. In this paper we discuss the reasons for the existence of this phenomenon in Africa which we call the drive to political and economic...

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially depends on the possibility to monitor bureaucrat's...

Tanaka Makiko, Tochter des wegen seiner Plutokratie und jedoch auch seiner hohen Popularität legendären Premierministers Tanaka Kakuei (Amtszeit 1972-1974), gehört zu einer der populärsten Erbabgeordneten in Japan. Obwohl Japan als konsolidierte Demokratie erachtet wird, wird der Anteil der...

Über die Notwendigkeit eines Bürokratieabbaus sind sich Bürger, Politiker und Wissenschaftler grundsätzlich einig. Doch über die Details einer Entbürokratisierung wird häufig gestritten. Wie sind Bürokratiekosten zu messen? Welche Formen von Bürokratieproblemen gibt es? Wie sollte eine...

Über die Notwendigkeit eines Bürokratieabbaus sind sich Bürger, Politiker und Wissenschaftler grundsätzlich einig. Doch über die Details einer Entbürokratisierung wird häufig gestritten. Wie sind Bürokratiekosten zu messen? Welche Formen von Bürokratieproblemen gibt es? Wie sollte eine...