Using panel data from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that the effect of government size on corruption is positive at a … findings on the relationship between corruption and government size are controversial. …

Previous studies on the effect of government size on corruption have produced mixed results. For the purpose of … explaining these ambiguous results, our study investigates the effect of government size on corruption by taking into account the … indicate that an increase in government size can lead to a decrease in corruption if democracy level is sufficiently high and …

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and infrastructure at both the country and regional level using … the measure of corruption in the macro data and the measures of transportation and electricity infrastructure. Countries … with more corruption tend to have worse infrastructure in the eyes of their firms. This link is shown to remain when one …

suggests thaht corruption, which is likely to emerge in long term reciprocal relationships between public officials and …

Drawing from the literature on the determinants of corruption, this article examines the relationship between … corruption and the nature of state of fragility. Robust empirical evidence shows a correlation between the level of corruption … neither flowing from state fragility to classical corruption nor to extreme corruption. S’enregistrant dans la littérature sur …

, answer questions about corruption, firm performance and how honest they are differently from other managers. If reticent …

Surveys, which measure firms’ experience of corruption and the gender of their owners and top managers. We find that women in … positions of influence are associated with less corruption: female-owned businesses pay less in bribes and corruption is seen as …, ethically at least, good for business our research contributes to the literature on development, gender equality, and corruption …