dimensions, is broadly consistent with the greasing effects of corruption. While the study uses data from a single nation that is …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. -- bicameralism ; corruption ; lobbying …

policy and corruption. Our dataset, as derived from national household or labor surveys, is more reliable than the data on … government wages as used in previous research. When the relationship between government wages and corruption is modeled to vary … with the level of income, we find that the impact of government wages on corruption is strong at relatively low …

In many auctions, the auctioneer is an agent of the seller. This delegation invites corruption. In this paper we … propose a model of corruption, examine how corruption affects the auction game, how the anticipation of corruption affects … that may prevent corruption, and compare them to the fee schedules employed by major auction houses. …

enforcement against corruption and organized crime in local governments. Specifically, I take advantage of an Italian law that …

Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … use a novel dataset containing information on local corruption scandals reported in Spain during the period 1999 - 2009 … matching methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected …

corruption where the judicial system is independent, this relationship has more ambiguous effects where the legal system is weak … and susceptible to politicization. These effects remain after controlling for standard determinants of corruption. …

Large-scale land acquisitions often take place in developing countries which are also known for their corruption …-friendliness caused by weak institutional frameworks. We hypothesize that corruption indeed leads to more land deals. We argue that … corrupt elites exploit poor institutional setups (characterized by corruption) to strike deals with domestic and international …