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d'Adda, Giovanna; Darai, Donja; Weber, Roberto A. - CESifo - 2014

We study whether leaders influence the unethical conduct of followers. To avoid selection issues present in natural environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment in which groups compete, with dishonest behavior...

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You Owe Me

Malmendier, Ulrike M.; Schmidt, Klaus - CESifo - 2012

In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...

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Does Corruption Erode Trust in Government? Evidence from a Recent Surge of Local Scandals in Spain

Solé-Ollé, Albert; Sorribas-Navarro, Pilar - CESifo - 2014

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … use a novel dataset containing information on local corruption scandals reported in Spain during the period 1999-2009, and … methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected by a …

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Immunity

Reddy, Karthik; Schularick, Moritz; Skreta, Vasiliki - CESifo - 2013

corruption where the judicial system is independent, this relationship has more ambiguous effects where the legal system is weak … and susceptible to politicization. These effects remain after controlling for standard determinants of corruption. …

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A Crook is a Crook ... But is He Still a Crook Abroad? On the Effect of Immigration on Destination-Country Corruption

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Redlin, Margarete - CESifo - 2014

This paper analyzes the impact of migration on destination-country corruption levels. Capitalizing on a comprehensive … explore different channels through which corruption might migrate. We employ different estimation methods using Fixed Effects … find that while general migration has an insignificant effect on the destination country’s corruption level, immigration …

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Taxation, Corruption and the Exchange Rate Regime

Hefeker, Carsten - CESifo - 2009

The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime …. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption … countries with regard to the level of corruption. …

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Resource Rents, Democracy and Corruption: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Arezki, Rabah; Gylfason, Thorvaldur - CESifo - 2011

We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub …-Saharan countries during the period from 1985 to 2007. We find that higher resource rents lead to more corruption and that the effect is … suggest that the mechanisms through which resource rents affect corruption cannot be separated from political systems. …

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Money at the Docks of Tax Havens: A Guide

Hebous, Shafik - CESifo - 2011

This essay critically revisits the roles and influences of tax havens in the world economy. It combines various massages of available studies in one scheme, documents a number of observations, and proposes several issues for future research.

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A Journey from a Corruption Port to a Tax Haven

Hebous, Shafik; Lipatov, Vilen - CESifo - 2011

corruption and the concealment of officials’ bribes, tax havens discourage the provision of public goods and hence have also a …

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Pollution, Shadow Economy and Corruption: Theory and Evidence

Biswas, Amit K.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Thum, Marcel - CESifo - 2011

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our theoretical model predicts that controlling the levels of corruption can … levels of pollution are dependent on the levels of corruption. Our results hold when we control for the effects of other …

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