arise when monitoring corruption is difficult relative to monitoring the provision of public services, and politically …-important groups of citizens do not bear the full cost of corruption. The existence of such systems can distort the effective incidence … of the tax burden, reduce the incentives of government to fight corruption, and legitimize bribe-taking …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in many developing and transitional economies. China is a country in profile both … in the prevalence of corruption, and in its attempts to root out corruption. The recent anti-corruption campaign in China …. It has had lasting impact on the functioning of the Chinese bureaucracy, and on the behavior of firms and consumers. It …

transaction difficulties. But, such environments often also feature highly interventionist government, and even corruption …

Bigger governments raise the possibilities for corruption; more corruption may in turn raise the support for … redistributive policies that intend to correct the inequality and injustice generated by corruption. We formalize these insights in a … simple dynamic model. A positive feedback from past to current levels of taxation and corruption arises either when wealth …

the internal organization of the U.S. federal bureaucracy over 1817-1905. First, we show a series of facts, describing how …

Screening requirements are common features of fraud and corruption mitigation efforts around the world. Yet imposing …