based on differences in average answers to questions from the World Values Survey. Using a simple theoretical model we …

, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic …

I investigate empirically the role of religion and political institutions in policies against human trafficking, using … influence of religion on the overall 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index is driven by protection and prevention policies. As … empirical findings regarding the association between religion, political institutions, and human development …

corruption and the concealment of officials' bribes, tax havens discourage the provision of public goods and hence have also a …

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation policies; a large informal sector may … be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our theoretical model predicts that controlling the levels of corruption can …

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 …

This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …