and efficiency across society as a whole. Agency-cost theory recognizes that incentive conflicts and coordination problems … one sector of society at the expense of another. Each rationale sets different goals and assigns responsibiliy for …

cultural heterogeneity, the world's geographical fragmentation by ethic and religious traits, at any given time. Finally, the …

Throughout the Western world, people's policy views are correlated across domains in a strikingly similar fashion. This …

countries of the world. Over the years, the G20 agenda has evolved to include pertinent issues for both developed countries and … action became permanent features of the G20 agenda. Tackling corruption was one of them. Corruption is being characterised as … an international problem requiring collective corrective action. The G20 established an Anti-Corruption Working Group as …

that emergency measures, in the times of economic and social fragility, may result in corruption. This paper investigates … the potential threats of corruption due to fiscal expansion during the pandemic and discusses recent evidence from G20 … members on the mechanisms in place to address corruption. More generally, using available secondary data, the paper compares …

Ideology, as proxied by a country's dominant religion, seems to be related to inequality. In Judeo-Christian societies …

between religion and health. The topic is particularly germane for the health of women and of the elderly, who are much more … likely to be religious. In this paper, I use data from the Gallup World Poll to study the within and between country … nationally representative samples to study the correlates of religion within and between more than 140 countries using more than …

Questions about current and prior religion adherence from the International Social Survey Program and the World Values … religion adherence classified into eight major types. In a theoretical model based on rational individual choice, the frequency …;wrongquot; religion. Empirical findings for a panel of countries accord with several hypotheses: religious-conversion rates are positively …