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Using panel data from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that the effect of government size on corruption is positive at a … low level of democracy, but it is negative at a high level. This finding could fill the gaps in previous studies whose … findings on the relationship between corruption and government size are controversial. …
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suggests thaht corruption, which is likely to emerge in long term reciprocal relationships between public officials and …
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suggests that corruption, which is likely to emerge in long term reciprocal relationships between public officials and …
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An incentive-compatibility framework for regulating a monopolist with unknown costs is applied to the sponsor’s problem of monitoring a bureau. Following Mueller (1989), the bureau does not make take-it-or-leave-it budget proposals to the sponsor. Rather, the bureau must announce a marginal...
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This is a note on corruption and underground economy in a Kaldor-type model of the business cycle. It appears that when …
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across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across developing countries? Why are some countries … more effective at battling corruption than others? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …
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Purpose – Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across African countries? Why are some … countries more effective at battling corruption than others? To assess these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …-control throughout the conditional distribution of the fight against corruption using panel data from 46 African countries for the period …
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(an) tool(impediment) in(to) the fight against corruption in Low(Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases (decreases …Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight … against corruption across developing nations? How do wealth effects play-out when existing corruption-control levels matter in …
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Nigeria was incorporated in 1914 when Frederick Lugard(First Governor-General) amalgamated the two British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria and the Crown colony of Lagos into a single entity. The primary reason for almalgamation was economic rather than political. It is therefore,...
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Corruption is a problem that has been shown to adversely affect a country’s development. Recent studies have shown that … a country’s electoral system can affect its corruption level. But if that is the case, then electoral rules could be … chosen to maximize opportunities for corruption. This paper uses the recent wave of democratization and the resulting writing …
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