We perform a Meta-Regression Analysis (MRA) of the literature on government size and corruption, examining 450 …-sectional data. Moreover, the type of indicator used to measure corruption has a significant impact on the sign of the relationship … significant results, whereas we find a positive relationship between the countries' corruption index and the effect size. …

Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously …

deontological moral reminder (“corruption is immoral”) leads to a significant reduction in accepting bribes. A consequentialist …

social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We … test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces, and address the possible endogeneity of corruption by applying an … IV model. We use three sets of historical instruments for corruption: 1) foreign dominations in 16th-17th century, 2 …

deontological moral reminder (“corruption is immoral”) leads to a significant reduction in accepting bribes. A consequentialist …