Government corruption is more prevalent in poor countries than in rich countries. This paper uses cross …-industry heterogeneity in growth rates within Vietnam to test empirically whether growth leads to lower corruption. We find that it does. We … the notion of inter-regional tax competition, and consider how officials' choices change as the economy grows. We show …

Empirical research on the determinants of economic growth has typically neglected the influence of religion. To fill … are the dependent variables. The instruments are dummy variables for the presence of state religion and for regulation of … the religion market, an indicator of religious pluralism, and the composition of religions. We find that economic growth …

attendance and religious beliefs are positively related to education (thereby conflicting with theories in which religion … and lower fertility. We investigate the effects of official state religions, government regulation of the religion market … the measures of official state religion, government regulation, and religious pluralism …

Since Max Weber, there has been an active debate on the impact of religion on people's economic attitudes. Much of the … government, working women, legal rules, thriftiness, and the market economy. We also distinguish across religious denominations …, differentiating on whether a religion is dominant in a country. We find that on average, religious beliefs are associated with good …

For 188 independent countries in 2000, 72 had no state religion in the years 2000, 1970, and 1900; 58 had a state … religion at all three dates; and 58 had some kind of transition. Among the 58 transitional countries, 12 had two transitions, 4 … of which (former Soviet Republics in Asia) involved two forms of state religion. The probability of having a state …

confirmation of this aspect of natural resources. Waste and corruption from oil rather than Dutch disease has been responsible for … distributing the oil revenues to the public. Even with all the difficulties of corruption and inefficiency that will no doubt …

threats, corruption, and other relevant controls. While growth falls with higher levels of military spending, given the values …

We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth … infrastructure. Political corruption governs the efficiency with which tax revenues are translated into infrastructure. The model … predicts an inverted-U relationship between taxation and growth, with corruption reducing the optimal taxation level. We find …

transaction difficulties. But, such environments often also feature highly interventionist government, and even corruption …, where political rent seeking is minimal, vertical integration should add to firm value and economy performance; but where … political rent seeking is substantial, firm value might rise as economy performance decays. China offers a suitable background …