corruption in every sector is remarkably high. Stifling bureaucratic interference and corruption at every stage of economic … governance allowing substantial corruption in the system. Based on a study of 20 Indian states, we empirically show that higher … corruption increases level of employment in the informal sector. Further, our analysis also shows that for higher levels of …

corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …

Conventional wisdom depicts corruption as a tax on incumbent firms. This paper challenges this view in two ways. First …, by arguing that corruption matters not so much because of the value of the bribe ("tax"), but because of another less … studied feature of corruption, namely bribe unavoidability. Second, we argue that the social costs of corruption arise not …

theoretical framework that focus on the relationship between lobbying and corruption (that is, it investigates under what … conditions they are complements or substitutes). The paper also offers novel econometric evidence on lobbying, corruption and … influence using data for about 4000 firms in 25 transition countries. Our results show that (a) lobbying and corruption are …

Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature … associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one … suggest that (a) lobbying and corruption are fundamentally different, (b) political institutions play a major role in …

we contribute to the debate on HCAI by arguing that public procurement and innovation (PPaI) can be used to incentivize … HCAI. We dissect the literature on PPaI and HCAI and provide a simple theoretical model to show that procurement of … argument in favor of PPaI for HCAI is also an argument for the more innovative use of public procurement, and is consistent …

using public procurement. This would reduce the pay-off of contestants, raise the amount of R&D needed to compete, and … research is needed to elaborate the design of systems of public procurement of AI innovation and for appropriately adjusting …