Bigger governments raise the possibilities for corruption; more corruption may in turn raise the support for … redistributive policies that intend to correct the inequality and injustice generated by corruption. We formalize these insights in a … simple dynamic model. A positive feedback from past to current levels of taxation and corruption arises either when wealth …

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

bureaucracy in place of political appointees as an important component of the institutional environment in which private … corruption of their subordinates as a byproduct of their efforts to implement their preferences using tax revenue. Within this …

anti-corruption enforcement affect the expected quality of governance through candidate self-selection. We also show that …

confidential IRS audit data, we show that corporations with owners from countries with higher corruption norms engage in higher … owners are from countries with higher corruption norms. This suggests that cultural norms can be a challenge to legal …