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 …

comparability, we also utilize cross-country governance indicators. …

KNOWLEDGE 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; AS WELL AS PROPOSING ANTI-CORRUPTION …

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 …

This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time … of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. We assign these individual … measures of governance to categories capturing key dimensions of governance, and use an unobserved components model to …

and governance, in controlling corruption, and in improving institutional quality -- although there is clearly variance … within a country, in turn affecting governance and corruption, has often been under-emphasized in program design. These argue … worldwide governance, and present recent empirical evidence. Focusing on defining and unbundling key governance components, such …

in governance. Its significance has broadened geographically as well as across different sectors. It has been observed … existing literature on transparency in finance and governance, indicates remaining knowledge gaps, and offers some hypothesis … adequate enforcement. The last section elaborates on the concomitant link between financial markets and governance, discussing …