Government corruption is more prevalent in poor countries than in rich countries. This paper uses cross …-industry heterogeneity in growth rates within Vietnam to test empirically whether growth leads to lower corruption. The analysis uses survey …

corruption. Students who demonstrate lower levels of prosocial preferences in the laboratory games are also more likely to prefer … corruption do not systematically predict job preferences. [BREAD Working Paper No. 404]. …

The Corruption Perceptions Index is constructed by the Transparency International. The Corruption Perceptions Index … measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in countries worldwide. Based on expert opinion, countries are scored …

In this paper, a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies is provided. The standard way to model … corruption is as an example of moral hazard, which then leads to a focus on better monitoring and stricter penalties with the … eradication of corruption as the final goal. An alternative approach is proposed which emphasizes why corruption arises in the …

often captured by local elites. This paper hypothesises that another possible source of corruption is collusion between …