disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in Bangladesh, a country with a very high exposure to weather risk. We use a … comprehensive dataset for the 483 sub-districts (Upazilas) in Bangladesh, tracking disaster risk reduction and adaptation funding … transfers, provided that it is allocated rationally. Broadly, this appears to be the case in Bangladesh. We leave the measuring …

on a unique firm-to-firm dataset of Bangladesh's textiles and garment sectors. We look at the female employment of …

with women in rural Bangladesh, we measure social norms in the form of empirical and normative expectations about menstrual …

This paper presents an analysis of the effect of bureaucratic corruption on economic growth through a public finance …. Corruption takes the form of the embezzlement of public funds, the effect of which is to increase the government's reliance on …

The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime …. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption … countries with regard to the level of corruption. …

hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. …

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