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 …

for combating corruption, especially in developing countries. …

In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market … institutions that do not punish political corruption result in political connectedness of firms that in turn has a negative effect …

We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the Tragedy of corruption that leads both firms and officials to earn less than in … the absence of corruption. …

We examine the effects of emigration and remittances on the corruption experience of migrant household members staying … in the countries of origin. We hypothesize that the effects of emigration on corruption can be both positive (via migrant …

Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and … zoning code violations. The government's relief efforts were tainted by corruption as well, and exhibited a great deal of … parties were responsible for the construction of the shoddy buildings, and for the corruption and mismanagement related to …

While there is substantial corruption in developing countries, the costs imposed by corruption on individuals and … households are little understood. This study examines the relationship between exposure to local corruption and mental health, as …-to-day petty corruption is positively associated with psychological distress. Our results are robust to a variety of specification …