Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature … associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one … suggest that (a) lobbying and corruption are fundamentally different, (b) political institutions play a major role in …

, destruction and suffering, but also exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations. The … incompetence shown by the government in providing relief, the corruption allegations in regards to those efforts, and government … sensitivity shown by the electorate to real and perceived corruption implies that corruption problem will be tractable in Turkey …

The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … transfers increase political corruption and reduce the quality of candidates for mayor. …

correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …

Political corruption is a concern of many modern democracies. It weakens democratic institutions, restricts public … determines corruption is limited. This paper uses a novel dataset of political corruption in local governments, constructed from … reports of an anti-corruption program in Brazil, to test whether the possibility of re-election affects the level of rents …

corruption the preferred one in poor countries. Analyses of their joint effects are understandably rare. This paper provides a … theoretical framework that focus on the relationship between lobbying and corruption (that is, it investigates under what … conditions they are complements or substitutes). The paper also offers novel econometric evidence on lobbying, corruption and …

’s recent anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipal expenditures of federally-transferred funds, it estimates the … effects of the disclosure of local government corruption practices upon the re-election success of incumbent mayors. Comparing …