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Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others?

Hunt, Jennifer - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

institutions. The characteristics of officials’ clients explain most of the variation for bribery rates, but none for bribe amounts … rates and amounts. The results indicate that the bribery rate is higher at institutions with bribe-prone clients, and that … reduce corruption. Overall, the judiciary and the police are by far the most corrupt institutions. …

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The Politics of Institutional Renovation and Economic Upgrading: Lessons from the Argentine Wine Industry

Dermott, Gerald Mc - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

different political approaches to reform shape the ability of societies to build new institutions for economic upgrading. The …-private institutions via adherence to two key principles: a) inclusion of a wide variety of relevant stakeholder groups and b) rules of …

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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?

Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client’s decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...

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The Politics of Economic Reform in Thailand: Crisis and Compromise

Hicken, Allen - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

What explains the varying responses by Thai governments to changes in the international economic environment over time. To answer this the paper emphasizes the link between the nature of the political structure/policymaking environment and the government’s reform capacity. Thailand’s...

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Liability for Past Environmental Contamination and Privatization

Earnhart, Dietrich - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

This paper examines the role of liability for past environmental contamination in the privatization processes of Central and Eastern Europe. The theoretical section establishes a link between a risk-averse investor's amount of information regarding the extent of past environmental contamination...

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Effects of Ownership and Financial Status on Corporate Environmental Performance

Lízal, Lubomír; Earnhart, Dietrich - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

This paper analyzes the effects of ownership structure on corporate environmental performance and examines the link from financial performance to environmental performance in a transition economy. In particular, it analyzes these ownership effects and this performance link using an unbalanced...

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Property Rights, Labour Markets, and Efficiency in a Transition Economy: The Case of Rural China

Brandt, Loren; Benjamin, Dwayne - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

This paper investigates the consequences of imperfect and uneven factor market development for farm efficiency in rural China during transition. In particular, we estimate the extent to which an inverse relationship in farm productivity can be attributed to the administrative (instead of market)...

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The Effect of Privatization on the Wealth Distribution in Russia

Alexeev, Michael - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1997

This paper considers the Russian privatization process through the end of voucher privatization and examines how its deviation from the competitive sale standard was likely to affect wealth inequality. While empirical evaluation is all but impossible due to the dearth of reliable data, it is...

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The Usefulness of Corruptible Elections

Brandt, Loren; Turner, Matthew - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The belief that elections reduce rent seeking by government officials is widely held, likewise the belief that rent seeking decreases as elections are less subject to corruption. In this paper we develop and test a model in which these beliefs are carefully examined. Our model indicates that,...

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Collective Action and Post-Communist Enterprise: The Economic Logic of Russia’s Business Associations

Pyle, William - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Drawing on a unique set of surveys, this article explores the question of whether Russia’s post-communist business associations are generally antithetical to or supportive of the broad objectives of economic restructuring. Contrary to the most widely cited analysis as to the purposes of...

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