The present work analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption on the quality of the … environment in the MENA region. Indeed, the magnitude of corruption and the quality of institutions are often cited as the main … recommend greater awareness of the harmful effects of corruption among political and economic actors. …

, and gross capital formation in Indonesia from 1970 to 2019, using the augmented Toda-Yamamoto approach with the Granger … activities, thereby leading to GDP in Indonesia. However, despite having a long-run relationship, the study failed to prove a … causal relationship between ODA and GCA in Indonesia. Therefore, there is a need for more optimal foreign aid management to …

of domestic firms in Indonesia and Philippines. This study also explored the importance of domestic firms’ absorptive …

corruption. Despite the ubiquity of literature on corruption, the relationship between a state's political capacity and … corruption has not been addressed by the existing academic literature. To measure the political capacity of a country, the … reducing corruption. On the other hand, a strong political capacity provides them with the opportunity for rent-seeking and …

While assessing the economic impacts of corruption, the corruption-related transmission channels which influence … impacts corruption has on the size of the shadow economy as well as on the individual sources of long-term economic growth …, making use of a transmission channel through which corruption affects the tax burden components. Using the method of an …

corruption index in G20 member countries. This study focused on the effect of education on the level of corruption in the G20 … influence the level of corruption for all G20 member countries, developed member countries, and developing member countries …. Secondary education enrolment showed a negative and significant influence on the level of corruption in all categories of …

A common conclusion in the literature is that both corruption and taxation hamper economic growth. It is also plausible …. Moreover, corruption and tax burden are supposed to be intertwined. This paper focuses on the supposedly linked effects of … corruption and tax burden on total factor productivity. The empirical study uses panel data from 90 countries for the time span …

Conceptual and applied studies assessing the linkage between economic freedom and corruption expect that economic … freedom boosts economic growth, improves income, and reduces levels of corruption. However, most of them have concentrated on … techniques regressing one or some freedom indices on corruption that do not allow for grasping all the aspects of economic …

impacts of public sector corruption on employment growth in MSMEs, as perceived by their managers/owners. The data originated … MSME managers/owners perceive that corruption in the public sector is generally linked to an increase in employment growth … in their firms. Medium-size enterprises benefit most from corruption in the public sector, whereas small-size firms …