, 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 …

series concept of conditional conservatism that was initially proposed by Basu (1997), we implement a wide range of test …

this note we propose an alternative, but closely related measure of conservatism - regressing the changes in earnings on …

In this paper, we analyze how the offshoring of services by Swedish firms is affected by corruption in target economies …. The results suggest that firms avoid corrupt countries and that corruption reduces the amount of offshored services. In … addition, the sensitivity to corruption is highest for poor countries, and large and internationalized firms are the ones that …

Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We … payments, limiting the state's economic development capability. In the face of extensive corruption, it is challenging for the … that minimizes corruption and is sensitive to the present and future needs of society. To do this it must understand what …

public life. Cheaper plomo and more resources subject to official discretion are associated with more frequent corruption and … cheaper plata can lower the ability of public officials. Protecting officials from accusations of corruption (immunity) will … decrease the frequency of corruption and may increase the quality of politicians if the judiciary is weak. These predictions …