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

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 …

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 …

This paper analyzes the impact of migration on destination-country corruption levels. Capitalizing on a comprehensive … explore different channels through which corruption might migrate. We employ different estimation methods using Fixed Effects … find that while general migration has an insignificant effect on the destination country's corruption level, immigration …

This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …