While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality … proxied by a country s dominant religion seems to be related to inequality. But in addition, in Judeo-Christian societies …

This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross …-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and …

Using the MIMIC method, this paper is a first attempt to estimate the size of the shadow economy of 158 countries over … proxy for the size of the economy. Results suggest that the average size of the shadow economy of these 158 countries over …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … pollution ; shadow economy ; corruption ; panel data … administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation policies; a large informal sector may …