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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

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

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The Inequality of Influence

Hellman, Joel; Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003

) perceptions of and interaction with courts; 2) security of property rights; 3) tax compliance; and 4) bribery. We find a … associated with lower levels of tax compliance and significantly higher levels of bribery. The evidence suggests that the …

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Far From Home: Do Foreign Investors Import Higher Standards of Governance in Transition Economies?

Hellman, Joel S.; Jones, Geraint; Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003

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 … kickbacks, while paying a lower overall bribe burden than domestic firms; iii) FDI firms undertake those forms of corruption …

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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

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

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Towards Transparency in Finance and Governance

Vishwanath, Tara; Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003

The study of transparency is increasingly a more topical, broadly relevant, but also more under-researched enterprise. The Asian financial crisis has highlighted not only the welfare consequences of financial sector transparency, sparking a series of yet unresolved debates, but has also linked...

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Inflation and Capital Structure

Noguera, Jose - EconWPA - 2001

This essay is a contribution to the empirical literature on the effect of inflation tax on capital structure. A simple empirical model considering the main results of the current theoretical development is studied, using microdata from a number of American corporations.

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Tipping: The Economics of a Social Norm

Azar, Ofer H. - EconWPA - 2003

-tipping, tipping-in advance, bribery-tipping, holiday-tipping and gift-tipping, and discuss the economics of each category. The …

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Private bills: a theoretical and empirical study of lobbying

Boylan, Richard - EconWPA - 1998

Interest groups lobby over a variety of issues including private bills. There are two striking facts about private bills introduced in the U.S. Congress. First, several scandals have involved Congressmen who were being bribed to introduce a private bill. Second, the number of private bills...

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On the Nature of the Corrupt Firm: Where to Situate Liability?

Seubert, Raphaela - EconWPA - 2005

paper addresses the question how to prevent corporate bribery. The analysis and the answers that follow take into account … and individual liabilities should be combined to both restrain corruption and to sustain the credibility of corporate … ethics. These implications allow comparatively evaluating the effectiveness of international anti- corruption laws …

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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 …

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