that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …

diverse individuals lived far apart, have higher-quality government, higher incomes and higher levels of trust …

around the world, pondering the question whether an abundance of natural resources is a blessing or a curse. Second, an … article discusses the experience of Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter. To date, Norway has appeared to be mostly …

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our theoretical model predicts that controlling the levels of corruption can … levels of pollution are dependent on the levels of corruption. Our results hold when we control for the effects of other …

. Corruption takes the form of the embezzlement of public funds, the effect of which is to increase the government's reliance on …This paper presents an analysis of the effect of bureaucratic corruption on economic growth through a public finance … intermediaries make portfolio decisions on behalf of agents, and bureaucrats collect tax revenues on behalf of the government …

Do budget institutions play a role in explaining why government effectiveness is higher in some advanced countries than … budget centralization has a negative and significant effect on government effectiveness in OECD countries after accounting … for a list of control variables such as GDP per capita and government expenditure in addition to country and year fixed …