corruption the preferred one in poor countries. Analyses of their joint effects are understandably rare. This paper provides a … 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 …

bribery, 25 years after the fall of communist rule. Data come from a large representative survey, conducted in post …. Overall, our findings suggest that the proclivity to corruption of the former Communist party members has been transmitted … through family and thus sustained over time, contributing to corruption decades after the demise of the Socialist bloc …

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 …

It has been shown that higher levels of subjective well-being lead to greater work productivity, better physical health …