This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a … political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights … equality which shows that corruption is a nonlinear function of these variables. The results indicate that democracy will work …

accumulate. Consistent with the basic intuitions of Marx's theory of technical change, we show that there is no obvious relation …

social democracy? And, is it any longer possible to promote a significant redistribution of income in favour of labour …