Can machine learning support better governance? In the context of Brazilian municipalities, 2001-2012, we have access … to detailed accounts of local budgets and audit data on the associated fiscal corruption. Using the budget variables as … predictors, we train a tree-based gradient-boosted classifier to predict the presence of corruption in held-out test data. The …

different probabilities of re-election, and obtain different rents. The adoption of different forms of project governance …

economy may be trapped in a locally stable high-corruption, high-slavery equilibrium and major changes in government policies …

We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …

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 …

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