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 conduct parallel surveys of legislators and citizens in three countries to study their tolerance for corruption. In … Italy, Colombia, and Pakistan legislators and citizens respond similarly to hypothetical scenarios involving trade …-offs between, for example, probity and efficiency: both perceive corruption as undesirable but prevalent. These novel descriptive …

’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The … corruption is close to one third of that exercised by the level of development. Some cautious policy conclusions are derived. …

Adequate wages are an important tool to shield public officials from special interests and corruption. But what is the … significantly more likely to prevent corruption in public procurement, a key area of illicit interactions between the state and … limit corruption, but also foster the use of violence as an alternative tool to influence policymaking …

played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the … corruption and decrease the large expenses associated with today's democratic election campaigns. Random mechanisms can be …