. -- corruption ; auctions ; negotiations ; public procurement …

Can machine learning support better governance? In the context of Brazilian municipalities, 2001-2012, we have access … to detailed accounts of local budgets and audit data on the associated fiscal corruption. Using the budget variables as … predictors, we train a tree-based gradient-boosted classifier to predict the presence of corruption in held-out test data. The …

We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …

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. …

different probabilities of re-election, and obtain different rents. The adoption of different forms of project governance …