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Government Audits
Cuneo, Martina; Leder-Luis, Jetson; Vannutelli, Silvia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Audits are a common mechanism used by governments to monitor public spending. In this paper, we discuss the effectiveness of auditing with theory and empirics. In our model, the value of audits depends on both the underlying presence of abuse and the government's ability to observe it and...
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Detecting Fraud in Development Aid
Ensminger, Jean Evelyn; Leder-Luis, Jetson - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
When organizations have limited accountability, antifraud measures, including auditing, often face barriers due to institutional resistance and practical difficulties on the ground. This is especially true in development aid, where aid organizations face incentives to suppress information about...
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From Lapdogs to Watchdogs : Random Auditor Assignment and Municipal Fiscal Performance
Vannutelli, Silvia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
A classic problem in public finance is the over-expenditure of local governments in expectation of a bailout from higher-level administrations. While monitoring could mitigate agency problems, it can itself be rendered ineffective if auditors are corruptible. I evaluate whether limiting...
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Electoral College and Election Fraud
Egorov, Georgij V.; Sonin, Konstantin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
One frequently overlooked aspect of the U.S.-style electoral college system is that it discourages election fraud. In a presidential election based on the popular vote, competing political parties are motivated to manipulate votes in areas where they hold the most significant influence, such as...
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The Real State : Inside the Congo's Traffic Police Agency
Sanchez de la Sierra, Raul; Titeca, Kristof; Xie, Haoyang; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze the organization of corruption in a state agency. The dual mandate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo … profits and distortions beyond those that would be made possible via corruption by individual state officials …
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The Marginal Disutility from Corruption in Social Programs : Evidence from Program Administrators and Beneficiaries
Gaduh, Arya; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
disutility from corruption,' i.e., the trade-between more generous social assistance and losses due to corruption and fraud …. Merely mentioning corruption reduced perceived program success, equivalent to distributing more than 20 percent less aid …. However, respondents were not sensitive to the amount of corruption--respondents were willing to trade off $2 of additional …
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Informal Fiscal Systems in Developing Countries
Aman-Rana, Shan; Minaudier, Clement; Sukhtankar, Sandip - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
arise when monitoring corruption is difficult relative to monitoring the provision of public services, and politically …-important groups of citizens do not bear the full cost of corruption. The existence of such systems can distort the effective incidence … of the tax burden, reduce the incentives of government to fight corruption, and legitimize bribe-taking …
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Measurements, Determinants and Causes of Corruption : Lessons from China's Anti-Corruption Campaign
Fang, Hanming - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in many developing and transitional economies. China is a country in profile both … in the prevalence of corruption, and in its attempts to root out corruption. The recent anti-corruption campaign in China … also provides unusual amount of data to study the causes and consequences of corruption, which will have implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287377
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On the Governance of Corrupt Exchange : How Citizens and Officials Build Social Ties to Reduce Corruption's Transaction Costs
Lameke, Aimable Amani; Nkuku, Albert Malukisa; Sanchez … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
cost of corruption, in the context of public transport. We first document that police stops can lead to long bribe …
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Revenue Slumps and Fiscal Capacity : Evidence from Brazil
Ferraz, Claudio; Foremny, Dirk; Santini, Juan Francisco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper investigates how non-tax revenues impact tax collection in Brazilian municipalities, focusing on shifts in intergovernmental transfers due to population updates. Our analysis reveals asymmetric effects of shocks: revenue gains lead to increased spending without tax reductions, while...
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