show that personal or household experience of bribery is not a good predictor of perceptions held about corruption among … the general population. In contrast, perceptions about the effects of corruption correlate consistently among themselves … average opinion about least petty and grand corruption. The findings reported here challenge the value of perceptions of …

This study explores the causes of corruption in China using provincial panel data. Using both fixed effects and … instrumental variables approaches, we find that provinces with greater anti-corruption efforts, higher educational attainment … heterogeneity, regulation and resources abundance breed substantial corruption. We also find that fiscal decentralization depresses …

often embezzle funds, so optimal policy should reflect marginal corruption. We analyze marginal corruption in the context of … complaints limits corruption, but consistent with theories of “exit” in which outside options in the private sector limit how …

Potential economic benefits of integrity and anti-corruption policies seem large. Nevertheless, much of the existing … paper reviews OECD’s involvement in integrity and anti-corruption agenda as well as available indicators of integrity and … anti-corruption policies and outcomes. It outlines avenues for future analysis that include assessment of public …

We study the effect of decentralization on corruption in a political agency model from the perspective of a region. In … a model where corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time, decentralization makes it … corruption is conditional on political competition: decentralization is associated with lower (higher) levels of corruption for …

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between the shadow economy and corruption as determinants of public … debt in the Spanish Autonomous Communities. In addition, we construct a Corruption Perception Index for those regions. Our … significant and positive impact on regional public debt. Corruption also shows a direct and significant relationship with public …

Previous studies on the effect of government size on corruption have produced mixed results. In an attempt to explain … these ambiguous results, this study investigates the effect of government size on corruption by taking into account the role … indicate that an increase in government size can lead to a decrease in corruption if the democracy level is sufficiently high …

Perceptions Index (CPI) provided by Transparency International. Previous literature on corruption in government has focused on low …This paper examines the relation between political corruption and the composition of public spending. A rent …-seeking model is used to describe political rent creation through the composition of public spending. Political corruption is …