This paper distinguishes between governance structure and contractual form. The basic premise is that researchers often … utilize a simple principal- agent model to show that transaction cost factors affect both contractual form and governance … structure, but not identically. Transaction cost factors that are known to result in employment as a governance structure do not …

about state capacity in Nigeria by taking stock of economic and governance issues. Using a simple growth model, we … illustrate the interrelationships between natural resources, corruption and economic growth in Nigeria. We proposed anti-corruption …

investment can be measured, analyzed, and compared across countries, and that governance is key to the business environment and … investment climate. The survey findings suggest that key policy, institutional and governance indicators affect the growth of a … corruption on the one hand, and growth and investment on the other, and it highlights the costs to economies where the state is …

unbundles corruption to measure different types of corrupt transactions and provide detailed information on the characteristics … and performance of firms, we find that: i) corruption reduces FDI inflows and attracts lower quality investment in terms … of governance standards; ii) in misgoverned settings, FDI firms may magnify the problems of state capture and procurement …

corruption, with little attention paid to the role played by firms. Consequently, the links between corporate governance and … Performance Survey (BEEPS) across 20 transition economies, providing an assessment of governance and corruption from the … survey design permits an in-depth empirical analysis of governance and corruption, unbundling governance into its component …

the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The …Globalisation, governance and economic performance affect each other in very complex mutual relationships. In this … paper, we establish a clear and well-circumscribed hypothesis: “is there an effect of globalisation on governance?” To test …

Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer … governance constraints, and corruption in particular, is a key determinant of a country's global competitiveness. These findings … institutions, iii) a challenge within public sectors, and, iv) divorced from global governance or security issues - seen as …

This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities … are divided into omnibus anti-corruption programmes, legislative reform aimed at tackling corruption, and adherence to … international anti-corruption conventions. The paper presents a new measure for determining the extent of anti- corruption activity …