—actually causes an increase in corruption. Theory provides no guidance as to the direction of causality—on the one hand, reforms make …Corruption scandals seem to abound in countries that have recently undergone reform. Despite the proliferation of … politicians accountable to voters, as well as introduce more competition, which should decrease corruption. On the other hand, the …

This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and … evidence indicates that an improvement in growth performance typically follows the transformation to democracy. Moreover …, growth under democracy appears to be more stable than under authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, wealthy countries often …

This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and … evidence indicates that an improvement in growth performance typically follows the transformation to democracy. Moreover …, growth under democracy appears to be more stable than under authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, wealthy countries often …

illustrate the interrelationships between natural resources, corruption and economic growth in Nigeria. We proposed anti-corruption …

ILLUSTRATE THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES, CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA; AS WELL AS PROPOSING ANTI-CORRUPTION …

job tenure encourage the development of expertise and problem solving capacity in the bureaucracy. In addition, we …

equilibrium corruption in a bureaucracy are modeled. Different degrees of media freedom and competition affect production and …This paper investigates the relationship between a bureaucracy and mass media industry, and its implications to … corruption. We develop a bureaucratic model of corruption with mass media. A representative profit maximizing media firm seeks …

which multiple sources of information – from the bureaucracy, an interest group, or a legislature’s own in-house development … – can be brought to bear on policy. Lobbyists begin this process by selecting a venue – Congress or a standing bureaucracy …

The paper contrasts Lipset’s modernization hypothesis and Przeworski- Limongi hypothesis that entries into democracy … are random with respect to income. We use data on income and democracy going back to 1820, multiple definitions of … democracy, and non-parametric testing focusing on the distribution of entrants’ incomes. We find that income matters for entry …

for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different … evidence on sub-Saharan Africa it concludes that the resource curse theory fails to sufficiently explain why and how several …