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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
employees. In the case of Ukraine, we find that public sector employees receive 24-32% less wages than their private sector … and find that the lower bound estimate of the extent of bribery in Ukraine is between 460m and 580m U.S. dollars (0 ….9-1.2% of Ukraine’s GDP in 2003). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791634
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The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously … localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services. In several Eastern European … moved borders, geographic and pre-existing differences, and interpersonal trust corroborate a genuine Habsburg effect. …
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Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Sangnier, Marc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper shows that cross country differences in the generosity and the quality of the welfare state are associated with differences in the trustworthiness of their citizens. We show that generous, transparent and efficient welfare states in Scandinavian countries are based on the civicness of...
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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions--and particularly trust in banks, business and government--has declined … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008925712
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Political Connections and Firm Value: Evidence from the Regression Discontinuity Design of Close Gubernatorial Elections
Do, Quoc-Anh; Lee, Yen-Teik; Nguyen, Bang Dang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the U.S., we identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and politicians on firm value. Firms connected to elected governors increase their value by 3.89%. Political...
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Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil
Caselli, Francesco; Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...
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The Political Resource Curse
Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … transfers increase political corruption and reduce the quality of candidates for mayor. …
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Fiscal Centralization and the Political Process
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
. We show that corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time. However, centralization … makes more difficult for citizens to detect corrupt incumbents. Thus, corruption is easier under centralization for low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468714
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Parochial Politics: Ethnic Preferences and Politician Corruption
Banerjee, Abhijit; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
politician corruption that we conducted in North India is remarkably consistent with our theoretical predictions. …
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Red Tape and Corruption
Guriev, Sergei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We study the emergence and interaction of red tape and corruption in a principal-bureaucrat-agent hierarchy. The … the social optimum if the bureaucrat in charge of red tape is corrupt. We consider two types of corruption. First, the … bribes to conceal the information produced through red tape. The former kind of corruption tends to reduce red tape, while …
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