A core result of the aid allocation literature is that the quality of governance in recipient countries does not affect … through different channels and considering different dimensions of governance, we provide evidence that bypassing governments …

influencing factors, such as regional patterns, non-tax revenue and governance. Findings on individual countries or groups of …

We argue that the literature on government size suffers from neglecting the role of governance both as a driving and a … averaging data for the period 2003-07 reveals that better governance allows for higher spending. However, on the demand side …, more open countries are likely to spend more in cases of minor quality of governance only. In this respect, government …

the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 …

Germany’s system of economic and political governance strongly relies on group decision-making and consensus to solve … the employers’ associations in wage formation, the trade unions in the governance of firms through codetermination and the … codetermination and by a governmental planning approach. In addition, in the governance of government and its federal structure …

Governance Indicators (WBGI) based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2005. We show that natural … incentives for good governance …

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …

There is a growing evidence that political corruption is often closely associated with the rent seeking activities of … groups and the incidence of political corruption and determines whether electoral competition can eliminate political … corruption. We obtain some striking results. Greater electoral competition serves to lessen policy distortions. However, this in …