copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger …

Although the theoretical literature on corruption is well developed, empirical work in this area has lagged because it … has proven difficult to isolate corrupt behavior in the data. In this paper, we look for evidence of corruption in an … stables play a role in facilitating the corruption. In times of increased media scrutiny, the match rigging disappears …

This paper offers a new interpretation of the connection between openness and good governance. Assuming that corruption … display lower corruption in equilibrium. In data, naturally more open economies' do exhibit less corruption even after taking …

less corrupt governments receive more foreign aid. On the contrary, according to some measures of corruption, more corrupt … governments receive more aid. Also, we could not find any evidence that an increase in foreign aid reduces corruption. In summary …

reduce the effective red tape it faces. The efficient grease' hypothesis asserts therefore that corruption can improve …

Corruption and imperfect contract enforcement dramatically reduce trade. This paper estimates the reduction, using a …

, municipal wages, and (unobserved) corruption are all predicted to rise under a patronage based regime. But in a city, patronage …

In this paper, we develop a dynamic model of politicians who can engage in corruption. The model offers important … insights into what determines corruption and how to design policy to combat it. We estimate the model using data from Brazil to … measure voters' willingness to pay for various commonly-proposed anti-corruption policies, such as increasing audit …