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Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others?

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Using detailed Peruvian data measuring bribery, I assess which types of public official are most corrupt and why. I distinguish between the bribery rate and the size of bribes received, and seek to explain the variation in each across public institutions. The characteristics of officials'...

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Higher Education Reform and the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: Role of Member States and the European Commission

Ploeg, Frederick Van der; Veugelers, Reinhilde - CESifo - 2007

This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of … governance, more competition and internationalisation. Apart from providing mutual policy learning opportunities, cross …

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Reforming European Universities: Scope for an Evidence-Based Process

Veugelers, Reinhilde; Ploeg, Frederick Van der - CESifo - 2008

trends in performance, funding and governance of European universities. It also brings on board some evidence on support for … teaching and research, it needs to further improve especially on the quality dimension. The link between governance, funding … provide an environment for European universities to develop their comparative advantages, making them stronger players on the …

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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Using cross-country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more likely than non-victims to bribe public officials. Misfortune increases victims' demand for public services, raising bribery indirectly, and also increases victims' propensity to...

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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What are the Payoffs?

Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client's decision. We test this framework using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...

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Bribery in Health Care in Peru and Uganda

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In this paper, I examine the role of household income in determining who bribes and how much they bribe in health care in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care: doubling household consumption increases the bribery...

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