The present paper argues that the effect of corruption on foreign ownership is not necessarily linear and depends on … the level of host corruption. So long as the expected returns from foreign investments exceed its expected costs, higher … host corruption will be associated with higher foreign ownership. However, costs may exceed or exactly compensate the …

likely to be successful, we construct proxies for a number of demographic variables in the US and for corruption across … also replicate results from two separate published papers establishing the correlates of corruption at both the state and … country level. Finally, we construct the first index of corruption in US cities and study its correlates. -- Internet …

public resources. -- corruption ; matched employer-employee panel data ; public-sector employment …

inefficient welfare states, as a function of the civicness of the citizens. -- welfare state ; trust ; civism ; corruption …

This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … the involvement of women in society and the absence of corruption. However, once country-fixed effects are acknowledged … corruption by 2.5 index points (scale from zero to ten). Surprisingly, the link between the share of women in the labor force and …