This paper argues that corruption in Russia is systemic in nature. Low wage levels of public officials provide strong … incentives to engage in corruption. As corruption is illegal, corrupt officials can be exposed any time, which enforces loyalty … towards the powers that be; thus corruption is a method of governance. We trace the systemic corruption back to the Mongolian …

contrary, under corruption, we show that bailouts are ineffective unless rent-seeking groups are eradicated …

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 …

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 …

This paper investigates the relationship between electoral incentives, institutions and corruption. We assume that …

corruption-free or plagued by corruption. Contingent on the nature of adjudicatory bias, bribery either discourages private … antitrust lawsuits or incentivizes firms to engage in frivolous litigation. Corruption expectedly reduces the effectiveness of … can be social welfare-enhancing even in the presence of corruption. Under some circumstances, corruption actually …

culture of corruption …

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 …

How to fight petty day-to-day corruption is a question often debated by politicians, by the public and in the economic … literature. Early studies have noted that a simple and well-known way to fight day-to-day corruption is to create competition … in a way that eliminates corruption. This is due to a tradeoff between corruption and compliance costs. More …