Mobility ; Openness ; Political Economy ; Beliefs ; Religion ; Immigration … that hard work rather than luck, birth, connections, and corruption determine wealth. In this way, the Janus face of …

In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … literature in four ways. First, instead of using corruption indices assembled by various investment risk services, we use an … objective measure of corruption: the number of public officials convicted in a state for crimes related to corruption. Second …

political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights …This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a … prediction. Moreover, the effect of democratization on corruption depends on the protection of property rights and income …