Numerous studies have found negative connection between corruption level and economic development. At the same time few … of them demonstrate correlation between women representation in politics and corruption level. This paper analyzes … correlation between gender and corruption for a specific sample of countries, sharing common cultural and historical legacy …

across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across developing countries? Why are some countries … more effective at battling corruption than others? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …

Purpose – Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across African countries? Why are some … countries more effective at battling corruption than others? To assess these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …-control throughout the conditional distribution of the fight against corruption using panel data from 46 African countries for the period …

(an) tool(impediment) in(to) the fight against corruption in Low(Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases (decreases …Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight … against corruption across developing nations? How do wealth effects play-out when existing corruption-control levels matter in …

Corruption is a problem that has been shown to adversely affect a country’s development. Recent studies have shown that … a country’s electoral system can affect its corruption level. But if that is the case, then electoral rules could be … chosen to maximize opportunities for corruption. This paper uses the recent wave of democratization and the resulting writing …

to corruption (a measure of the institutional quality). The probability of the democracy preservation is decreasing in … explain why resource abundance may lead to instability of democracy in some countries, but does not create any difficulties …

represented by Human Development Index (2007) and Human Poverty Index (2006). Democracy Index (2008) and Corruption Perceptions …

Using panel data from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that the effect of government size on corruption is positive at a … low level of democracy, but it is negative at a high level. This finding could fill the gaps in previous studies whose … findings on the relationship between corruption and government size are controversial. …

Economists have a long argue that political process such as democracy and corruption are important for economic growth …. Our objective in this paper is to demonstrate that one of democracy's indirect posititive effects is its ability to … mitigate the negative effect of corruption on economic growth. Although most democratic countries in our sample have a high …