Some lines of economic reasoning do not produce clear-cut reasons why more competition in media markets would lead to better results. First, monopolistic media firms might have greater incentives to provide content variety. Second, their pricing policy might be untypical for monopolies because...

This paper looks back on the first ten years of empirical corruption research, which started with Mauro's seminal paper in 1995. The previous theoretical discussion did not reach unanimous conclusions on whether corruption is harmful or not; the arguments are briefly sketched. International...

This paper looks back on the first ten years of empirical corruption research, which started with Mauro's seminal paper in 1995. The previous theoretical discussion did not reach unanimous conclusions on whether corruption is harmful or not; the arguments are briefly sketched. International...