corruption. We argue that an anticipated oil boom may increase corruption by boosting the value attributed by an elite to being … announcements that took place in 1997-99 in Sao Tome and Principe (West Africa). For this objective we conducted purposedly …-designed household surveys on perceived corruption in the public services/sector. These were carried out in Sao Tome and Principe and in …

election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence.  We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on …

This paper investigates the interaction between corruption and infrastructure policy reforms.  I construct a simple … model to illustrate how both an incerase in regulatory autonomy and privatisation may influence the effect of corruption … Latin America and the Caribbean between 1995 and 2007.  I find evidence that greater corruption is associated with lower …

reference to the level of corruption prevailing in their home countries. And, by comparing behaviour across treatments, we can … to society. We conclude that corruption is, in part, a cultural phenomenon. …

corruption scenario instead of in abstract terms bribes are less likely to be offered.  Higher negative externalities are also …

Monitoring corruption typically relies on top-down interventions aimed at increasing the probability of external … controls and the severity of punishment.  An alternative approach to fighting corruption is to induce bottom-up pressure for … corruption, even when citizens' "voice" leads to formal punishment with a relatively low probability.  In contrast, pure top …

against supporters of the rival party.  Despite a strong anti-corruption stance of the yellow-shirt movement members of both …

Democracy and media freedom have been suggested as useful tools in the fight against political corruption, but so far … corruption-reducing effect of democracy becomes stronger as media freedom increases. Using panel data covering the period 1980 … democracy and media freedom in the fight against corruption is also supported by Indian state level data.  …