We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states, in …

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 …

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 … results suggest that as poor countries grow, corruption could subside "on its own,'' and they demonstrate one type of positive …

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 …

transaction difficulties. But, such environments often also feature highly interventionist government, and even corruption …

decrease child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor governance and in particular …