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Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? : exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America
Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2021
The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using … Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative … variables specific to the Latin American region to test for rent seeking and systemic corruption in the period between 1980 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605890
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The impact of social ties and third-party enforcement on collective action and growth : micro evidence from Peru
Keefer, Philip; Espinoza, Mauricio; Espinoza, Álvaro; … - 2019
Exploiting a unique empirical setting, 1,000 vendors in 90 traditional food markets in Lima, we document that historic social ties among market founders are associated, decades later, with stricter formal (third party) enforcement of market rules, more collective action, and the greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154362
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"Grease" or "sand" the wheels of economic development : a meta-analysis of corruption
Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - 2021
Corruption literature within economics has long returned ambiguous results with no concise cause or impact of … corruption identified. This meta-analysis aims to find synergy within the corruption literature by assessing macroeconomic … empirical studies that evaluate whether corruption "greases or sands" the wheels of economic development. The meta …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012522615
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When the victor cannot claim the spoils : institutional incentives for professionalizing patronage states
Schuster, Christian - 2016
Merit-based selection of bureaucrats is central to state capacity building, yet rare in developing countries. Most executives instead favor patronage -political discretion- in public employment. This paper proposes and tests an original theory to explain when executives forsake patronage for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457360
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Great expectations : a tale of two transitions
Girardi, Daniele; Veneziani, Roberto; Wengle, Susanne - 2023
Over a quarter of the world's population lives in economies that have undertaken transitions from central planning to market economies. These transitions entail far-reaching and complex changes in social, economic and political institutions and have had widely divergent outcomes. Important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014455426
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Curbing grand corruption in the contracting out of public services lessons from a pilot study of the school meals program in Colombia
Keefer, Philip; Roseth, Benjamin - 2021
study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670998
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Grand corruption in the contracting out of public services : lessons from a pilot study in Colombia
Keefer, Philip; Roseth, Benjamin - 2021
study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583882
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Nemo propheta in patria : empirical evidence from Italy
Millemaci, Emanuele; Patti, Alessandra - 2022
places endowed with more amenities. In the crossroad between these factors, this paper investigates corruption as key element …. Results suggest the dual role of push and pull mechanisms at play, as high corruption incentivizes Italian skilled mobility to … destinations that, instead, exhibit lower corruption. Moreover, sensitivity of the prospective tertiary students to corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174841
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Anti-corruption agenda of the G20: bringing order without law
Goyal, Tanu M. - 2020
action became permanent features of the G20 agenda. Tackling corruption was one of them. Corruption is being characterised as … an international problem requiring collective corrective action. The G20 established an Anti-Corruption Working Group as … early as in 2010, at the fourth summit in Toronto, which sets the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for the G20 members. Over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308405
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Safeguarding against corruption during the pandemic : recent evidence from the G20 countries
Goyal, Tanu M. - 2022
that emergency measures, in the times of economic and social fragility, may result in corruption. This paper investigates … the potential threats of corruption due to fiscal expansion during the pandemic and discusses recent evidence from G20 … members on the mechanisms in place to address corruption. More generally, using available secondary data, the paper compares …
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