We investigate the long-run relationship between organized crime and corruption using data from 20 Italian regions over 30 years. As Rose-Ackerman and Palifka (2018) argue, corruption and organized crime often go together. Our study contributes to the literature in several ways in terms of...

Using household survey data on expenditures and incomes, we construct an objective measure of corruption in the public sector for a broad spectrum of countries. Specifically, we focus on the consumption-income gap for public sector workers relative to private sector workers to gauge the extent...

This study examines the complex relations between corruption, income inequality, and sustainable economic development within the European Union (EU) for the 2003-2023 period. Employing panel data for all 27 EU member states, as well as for the subgroups of Old (OMS) and New Member States (NMS),...

Entrepreneurs based in developing nations, as well as in contexts with significant corruption, find significant issues when seeking financing, and this was exacerbated by the 2008 financial crisis. Nevertheless, recently developed financial approaches such as international reward-based...

This study investigated the impact of corruption on the persistence of informality across countries, offering new insights into the institutional dynamics that sustain informal economic activities. Drawing on firm-level data from World Bank Enterprise Surveys covering 159 countries, the analysis...

This article examines how corruption operates as a gendered informal institution that restricts women’s substantive political empowerment in post-socialist democracies. Focusing on North Macedonia, we argue that clientelism and male-dominated party networks function as gatekeeping mechanisms...

This paper presents an examination of how political corruption affects economic growth and the dynamic behavior related to environmental issues. Attempts by the private sector to intervene in government environmental policy might affect environmental policy, the dynamic behavior of the economy,...

This paper examines the battle against grand corruption in the Global South (with special emphasis on Nigeria) from the multi-disciplinary perspectives of law, politics and economics. Because grand corruption is a crime, the government - acting for the state - has the exclusive jurisdiction to...

This paper investigates the implementation challenges of anti-corruption policies in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) countries since 2016. It aims to understand why significant gaps persist between the formal adoption of anti-corruption frameworks and their practical...

Public procurement is highly susceptible to corruption, especially in developing countries. Although open auctions are widely adopted to curb it, this paper finds that corruption remains prevalent even within this procurement format. Procurement officers can collaborate with firms to manipulate...

In the global quest for containment of the climate crisis, government incentives and measures play an important role to promote consumers' preferences for sustainable products. For policies to be effective, achieving public acceptance is particularly relevant. In this context, it is important to...

We re-analyze Szakonyi (2025), one of the most innovative corruption studies in recent years. Using data from Russia, Szakonyi (2025) estimates the effect of a political regime having compromising information (kompromat) over its politicians on legislative behavior, lobbying, and re-election. We...

Electoral accountability is a cornerstone of democratic governance, yet whether voters effectively punish corruption remains theoretically and empirically contested. While canonical models predict that corruption revelations reduce incumbent support, strategic voting considerations-especially...