In recent years the topic of corruption has attracted a great deal of attention. However, there is still a lack of … empirical evidence about the determinants of corruption at the micro level. Therefore we explore in detail the impact of … political interest using three different proxies. Furthermore, investigation of the effects of political interest on corruption …

We argue that the decision to bribe bureaucrats depends on the frequency of corruption within a society. We provide a … behavioral model to explain this conduct: engaging in corruption results in a disutility of guilt. This implies that people … observe a lower probability to be involved in corruption if on average the guilt level of others within a country is higher …

the incidence of corruption. We first present an interaction-based model on corruption that predicts that the level of … corruption is positively associated with social interaction. Then we empirically verify the theoretical prediction using within … a statistically significantly positive effect on the corruption rate in China. Our findings, therefore, underscore the …

their governing institutions than to rearrange nature?s bounty. Improving corruption, voice and accountability may not take … that demand factors such as corruption, voice and accountability also determine tax effort to a significant extent. …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …

With complementary Chinese data sets and alternative corruption measures, we explore the consequences of corruption …. Adopting a novel approach we provide evidence that corruption can have both, positive and negative effects, on economic … development. The overall impact of corruption might be the balance of the two simultaneous effects within a specific institutional …

In recent years the topics of illegal activities such as corruption or tax evasion have attracted a great deal of …