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for Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. We find growing trends of vulnerable employment, particularly for youth cohorts …. Especially in Egypt and Tunisia, children of poorer and lesseducated parents start out in vulnerable jobs and are unlikely to …
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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...
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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 …
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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...
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Official A at almost all individual detection levels. This 'legitimacy' effect may help explain why anti-corruption policies …
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analyse how petty corruption erodes tax morale. A mediation analysis shows that petty corruption directly reduces tax morale … severe in countries and regions where fewer people are affected by petty corruption and becomes insignificant if extortion of …
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governance that sometimes leads to resources being used for private rather than public benefit. It discusses the corruption that …, not least in improving the information base. Although corruption and theft may never be fully eliminated, they can …
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The literature shows that political connections have different effects on firms' activities. However, the question of how political connections affect firms' formalization has not been explored. Using data from three waves of the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprise Survey for the period from...
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This paper uses a unique panel dataset on firm-level corruption. It contains quantitative information on bribe payments … effects of bribes. -- firm performance ; corruption ; Vietnam …
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when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …
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