potential scope for rent seeking and corruption. The insights of a model of political influence by interest groups are tested …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …

In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … literature in four ways. First, instead of using corruption indices assembled by various investment risk services, we use an … objective measure of corruption: the number of public officials convicted in a state for crimes related to corruption. Second …

less corruption, more social welfare and education spending, more open markets, and better functioning government …

This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a … political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights … prediction. Moreover, the effect of democratization on corruption depends on the protection of property rights and income …

Corruption in the forest sector of Swat, Pakistan is impairing the sustainable management of forest. We analyze … corruption in a case study setting against the backdrop of the reform options that are most often cited as possible solutions. As … environment is weak. Since countrywide overhaul of corruption through sweeping reform programs, the other reform approach, is a …

, the paper goes beyond previous studies investigating also the impact of geographic identification, corruption and … globalization. We find that a higher level of (perceived) corruption reduces the trust in the UN in developed countries, but …

Both theoretical and empirical studies have shown that democracy and corruption have substantial influence on … environmental policy. In this paper, we empirically analyse whether both democracy and corruption are equally important determinants …. When these variables are jointly included as explanatory variables, we find that corruption stands out as an important …