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Reforming an institutional culture of corruption : a model of motivated agents and collective reputation

Valasek, Justin Mattias - 2015

culture of corruption. …

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Management and performance in the public sector : evidence from German municipalities

Englmaier, Florian; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; … - 2022

We study management practices and performance of public sector organizations in Germany. For a representative sample of municipalities, we provide survey evidence for substantial het-erogeneity in the use of structured management practices. This heterogeneity is not driven by differences across...

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Immunity

Reddy, Karthik; Schularick, Moritz; Skreta, Vasiliki - 2013

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. …

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Are public sector workers different? : cross-European evidence from elderly workers and retirees

Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2015

We investigate whether public and private sector employees differ in terms of public service motivation using a representative sample of elderly workers from 12 European countries. We find that public sector workers, both those currently employed and those already retired, are significantly more...

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Why is the public sector more labor-intensive? : a distortionary tax argument

Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2004

A relatively high labor-intensity in government-run entities need not imply slack in their organization. Rather, it is a rational reaction to various forms of wage tax advantage that the public sector has over private firms. Even though an unequal tax treatment of public and private sectors...

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Prescription behavior of physicians in the public and private sector

Jussila, Elina; Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Verho, Jouko - 2022

We analyze prescription behavior of physicians in the public and private sector. We study two major diseases for which an effective, widely accepted low-cost treatment and alternative, more expensive treatments are available. We find that private sector physicians are more likely to prescribe...

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Auctions and corruption

Lengwiler, Yvan; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2000

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. …

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Law enforcement, municipal budgets and spillover effects : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Italy

Galletta, Sergio - 2016

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

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Social capital and crises with an application to Iceland

Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2015

Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...

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Petty corruption and citizen feedback

Angelucci, Charles; Russo, Antonio - 2015

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

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