of the economy, and the more asymmetric the distribution of de jure political power. Moreover, strategic complementarity …

This study investigates the connection between rent-seeking behaviour, corruption activity and quality of institutions … seems to have generated a growth of corruption activity, arisen from the opportunity of rent extraction. In particular … concentrated and administrative procedures are more complicated. To determine the causal effect of the subsidies on corruption, the …

Corruption literature within economics has long returned ambiguous results with no concise cause or impact of … corruption identified. This meta-analysis aims to find synergy within the corruption literature by assessing macroeconomic … empirical studies that evaluate whether corruption "greases or sands" the wheels of economic development. The meta …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, causal evidence on the effects of corruption is still lacking. In … this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall …