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Public Procurement and Rent-Seeking: The Case of Paraguay
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Flochel, Thomas; Straub, Stéphane - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008865969
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Storable Votes and Judicial Nominations in the U.S. Senate
Casella, Alessandra; Turban, Sébastien; Wawro, Gregory - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
victories increases aggregate welfare. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084035
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Information, Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement
Garoupa, Nuno; Jellal, Mohamed - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
the underlying offense with a criminal sanction for corruption, both imposed on offenders. A higher criminal sanction for … the underlying offense implies that the government must spend more resources to detect and punish corruption (since the … sanction for corruption (in order to offset the negative effect on deterrence). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124218
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Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others?
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
reduce corruption. Overall, the judiciary and the police are by far the most corrupt institutions. …
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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504493
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114227
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114349
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Who is the Enemy?
Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We examine who benefits when there is a strong leader in place, and those who benefit when a situation lacks a proper leader. There are fractious terrorist groups who seek to serve the same people in a common cause against a common enemy. The groups compete for rents obtained from the public by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791251
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The Rise and Fall of Elites: A Theory of Economic Development and Social Polarization in Rent-seeking Societies
Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper analyses how political institutions, wealth distribution and economic activities affect each other during the process of development. A simple general equilibrium model of rent-seeking political elites with two productive sectors (modern and traditional) is presented. Political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124016
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A Theory of Rent Seeking with Informational Foundations
Lagerlöf, Johan N. M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
microfoundations, the welfare consequences of rent seeking can be studied. In particular, I show that competition among rent seekers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788985