comprehensive toolbox for economic growth and takes Jordan and Egypt as examples for how industrial policy measures are employed in …

unusually close look at the relationship between bureaucratic organization, bribe-setting behavior and the costs corruption … bureaucrats to engage in "collusive" or "coercive" types of corruption. We then observe how firms adjust their shipping and … sourcing strategies in response to different types of corruption. "Collusive" corruption is cost-reducing for firms, increasing …

In light of the political and economic conditions that Egypt has challenged during the last two years and its …

If corrupt bureaucrats target registered firms, then corruption may discourage registration. Using data from a survey … of 4,801 microenterprises in Zambia, this paper looks at whether corruption is a more or less serious problem for … about corruption than unregistered firms. This suggests that remaining informal and out-of-sight might reduce the burden of …

Corruption in the public sector is manifested both in collusive and noncollusive forms. Collusive corruption erodes tax … compliance and leads to higher tax evasion. Noncollusive corruption stems from abuse of the public position by corrupt public … bribes paid nor gains from tax evasion are deterministic. To analyze effects of corruption by accounting for the uncertainty …

the effects of corruption and tax cut. We assume only the non-traded sector to be corruption affected. We argue that a … fall in the degree of corruption surprisingly increases number of intermediators while tax change has no effect on it. But … the size of the intermediation activities expands in both the cases. Low corruption diminishes the exportable production …

Previous research has found a negative effect of corruption on growth in the United States. However, some theory … suggests corruption might have a positive impact in places with dysfunctional political institutions. This paper investigates … whether the corruption-growth link is conditional on the extent of government involvement across U.S. states. Even though no …

natural disasters has affected corruption within the public sector. There are a number of major findings from this study. (1 …) Natural disasters lead to corruption within the public sector. (2) Furthermore, disaggregating disasters into various … group, increase corruption; however, other types of disasters do not have such a consequence. (3) The effect of floods is …