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Does Rapid Liberalization Increase Corruption?
Tavares, Samia - EconWPA - 2005
Corruption scandals seem to abound in countries that have recently undergone reform. Despite the proliferation of …—actually causes an increase in corruption. Theory provides no guidance as to the direction of causality—on the one hand, reforms make … politicians accountable to voters, as well as introduce more competition, which should decrease corruption. On the other hand, the …
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How Globalisation Improves Governance
Bonaglia, Fecerico; Macedo, Jorge Braga de; Bussolo, … - EconWPA - 2002
’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The … corruption is close to one third of that exercised by the level of development. Some cautious policy conclusions are derived. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408075
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The Economics of Crime: Investigating the Drugs-Crime Channel
Entorf, Horst; Winker, Peter - EconWPA - 2001
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561015
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HOW BIG IS THE IRREGULAR ECONOMY IN THE US?
Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the measurement, size and implications of the Underground Economy in the US.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126172
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How Big IS the Irregular Economy?
Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the size and implications of the Underground Economy in the US.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126423
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Explaining de facto judicial independence
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - EconWPA - 2003
Judicial Independence (JI) as factually implemented varies considerably between countries. Since de iure JI is an imperfect predictor of de facto JI, a number of variables that might determine the factual level of judicial independence is theoretically discussed and empirically tested. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561022
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DEFINING AND ESTIMATING UNDERGROUND AND INFORMAL ECONOMIES: THE NEW INSTITIONAL ECONOMICS APPROACH
Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2003
A taxonomy of underground economies is elaborated based on the new institutional approach to economic development. Members of formal sectors confront different sets of transformation and transaction costs than do members of informal sectors and these differences are regarded as crucial to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118816
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The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel; Stone, Andrew H. W. - EconWPA - 2004
corruption on the one hand, and growth and investment on the other, and it highlights the costs to economies where the state is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077053
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Governance Redux: The Empirircal Challenge
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
survey of enterprises carried out for the GCR, we find that firms from emerging economies single out corruption and excessive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126032
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Entry Restrictions, Corruption and Extortion in the Context of Transition
Cabelkova, Inna - EconWPA - 2001
This paper argues that even temporary barriers to entry present at the very beginning of transition may lead to permanent extortion development. Entry restrictions, if binding, lead to excess profits, which create an incentive to extort. The emergence of extortionists reduces the expected profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062420