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Corruption and assortative matching of partners in international trade
Cooray, Arusha; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Panda, Bibhudutta - 2020
While the effects of corruption on bilateral trade have been relatively well explored, its effect on the composition of … trading partners has not been studied. In this paper, we argue that corruption in a country is likely to impose asymmetric … costs on its trading partners depending on their characteristics. As a result, as the level of corruption in a country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271035
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Rural roads and urban agglomeration economies : benefits for town and country?
Bell, Clive - 2018
Do urban agglomeration economies enhance the social profitability of rural roads? When all goods are traded at parametric world prices, lower transport costs benefit villagers. Urban activities and welfare are unaffected if labour is immobile, but their levels fall when rural workers move freely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874088
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Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African Sahel
Dedehouanou, Fidèle Ange; Alia, Didier Yélognissè - 2020
This study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger. It adds to the literature that acknowledges the existence of heterogeneities in informal work and the body of evidence on informal self-employment in fragile and conflict-affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304689
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The social profitability of rural roads in a small open economy : do urban agglomeration economies matter?
Bell, Clive - 2020
In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301822
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Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries
Chauvet, Lisa; Ferry, Marin - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016
when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540215
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Countering global oil theft : responses and solutions
Romsom, Etienne - 2022
This second of two papers on global oil theft discusses ways to reduce oil theft, misappropriation, and fraud. At US$133 billion per year, oil is the largest stolen natural resource globally, while fuel is the most smuggled natural resource. Oil theft equates to 5-7 per cent of the global market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013165046
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Clientelism, public goods provision, and governance
Lo Bue, Maria C.; Sen, Kunal; Lindberg, Staffan I. - 2021
, increased political corruption, and weaker rule of law. We also find that the deleterious effects of political clientelism are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545471
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Corruption and crisis : do institutions matter?
Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2022
about the effect of the pandemic for longer-term outcomes such as corruption. We look at the historical data on political … and economic crises to assess what we can learn from the long-term effects of past crises on corruption. We hypothesize … corruption. We test our hypotheses using panel data for over 100 countries during the years 1800- 2020. The results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173620
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Global oil theft : impact and policy responses
Romsom, Etienne - 2022
This paper, the first of two on global oil theft and fraud, discusses the prevalence, methods, and consequences of global oil theft, valued at US$133 billion per year and equivalent to 5-7 per cent of the global market for crude oil and petroleum fuels. However, the impact of oil theft is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816265
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Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industries
Marcolongo, Giovanna; Zambiasi, Diego - 2022
of offshore entities as an indicator of corruption risk. We find that the number of new shell companies increases by 11 … the award of an exploration licence increases the risk of corruption. Consistent with rent-maximising behaviour, this … association is stronger when the price of oil increases. Our work informs the fight against corruption, proposing greater …
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