, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the … on the other hand, were responsible for the incompetence shown in providing relief, for involvement in corruption related … responsible for different types of corruption and mismanagement provided us with a unique data to differentiate between voter …

, the threat of being betrayed by their fellows may induce top-criminals to rely on corruption (to avoid sanctions). However …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, causal evidence on the effects of corruption is still lacking. In … this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall …

played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the … corruption and decrease the large expenses associated with today's democratic election campaigns. Random mechanisms can be …

This paper studies the role of council size on government corruption in Brazil. We leverage on the discontinuous … corruption detected during federal audits. Results also show that hav- ing an extra councilor does not affect the size of the …

corruption scandals in the Italian Regional Health Systems by two important national newspapers having opposite ideology, La … about corruption scandals involving left-wing politicians in the days right before the elections, while it reduces the … number of those about right episodes of corruption and without any political connection. Instead, for La Repubblica we do not …

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …