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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 …
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Human trafficking is a humanitarian problem of global scale, but quantitative research on the issue barely exists. This paper is a first attempt to explore the economic drivers of human trafficking and migrant exploitation using micro data. We argue that migration pressure combined with informal...
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Human trafficking is a humanitarian problem of global scale, but quantitative research on the issue barely exists. This paper is a first attempt to explore the economic drivers of human trafficking and migrant exploitation using micro data. We argue that migration pressure combined with informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755119
Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … corruption over time. We conclude that – if designed properly –conditionality can work …
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The paper discusses the impact of corruption on the probability of violent conflict events and traces the shifts in the … little interaction between empirical corruption research and the empirical research into civil wars. When the two strands of …
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affects the institutions where presumably corruption is materialized is found. Countries are sharply divided between those … richer countries, opinions about institutions explain very well opinions concerning certain effects of corruption, while … among poorer countries the explanatory power of institutions for the effects of corruption falls. Furthermore, tests for …
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, thereby increasing corruption. Even worse, there are 'spurious' intermediaries who obtain bribes from public services by …To solve the corruption problem, its root causes should first be diagnosed and factors supporting it should be …
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This paper demonstrates the effect of country level corruption on illicit behavior of individuals in a foreign country … States from corruption-ridden countries are more likely to be apprehended than individuals from less corrupt countries are. …
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Apart from altruistic reasons, NGOs may engage in developing countries under conditions of conflict and war in order to secure funding and survive in the ‘market’ of humanitarian relief and development assistance. Applying a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach, we analyze...
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Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
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