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The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Zamani, Reza - 2022
We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption … variance decomposition analyses to track the response of protests to shocks in the level of corruption. Using annual data from … 1962 to 2019, we find a positive and significant response of protests to a positive shock in the news-based corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307210
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The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Zamani, Reza - 2022
We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption … variance decomposition analyses to track the response of protests to shocks in the level of corruption. Using annual data from … 1962 to 2019, we find a positive and significant response of protests to a positive shock in the news-based corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177570
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Smart Cap
Karp, Larry S.; Traeger, Christian P. - 2021
We introduce a “smart” cap and trade system that eliminates the welfare costs of asymmetric information (“uncertainty”). This cap responds endogenously to technology or macroeconomic shocks, relying on the market price of certificates to aggregate information. It allows policy makers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243240
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Petty Corruption and Citizen Feedback
Angelucci, Charles; Russo, Antonio - 2015
Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388212
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The KOF Globalisation Index - Revisited
Gygli, Savina; Haelg, Florian; Potrafke, Niklas; Sturm, … - 2018
We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006) and updated in Dreher et al. (2008). This second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018121
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The KOF Globalisation Index - Revisited
Gygli, Savina - 2019
We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006) and updated in Dreher et al. (2008). This second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892154
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The political economy of corruption and the role of financial institutions
Boerner, Kira; Hainz, Christa - 2004
In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even if they have democratic … high corruption levels. Our model is based on the fact that corrupt offcials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative … positions. In a probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261273
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Bureaucratic corruption and profit tax evasion
Goerke, Laszlo - 2006
bureaucrats. It is shown that the existence of tax evasion does not affect corruption activities at the firm level, while the … budgetary repercussions of tax evasion induce less corruption. Policy measures which alter the gains or losses from corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261417
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Auctions vs. negotiations: The case of favoritism
Gretschko, Vitali; Wambach, Achim - 2012
We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement mechanism is delegated to an agent of the buyer. The agent has private information about the buyer's preferences and may collude with one of the sellers. We provide a precise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291548
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The empire is dead, long live the empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2011
Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274931