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 …

In an environment with extensive corruption where much of the population evades paying their full taxes due, we tackle …-seeking lobbying efforts by poor and rich constituencies. We recognize taxpayers' inter-dependency as reflected in increased evasion …

This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from … the World Bank enterprise surveys, covering 90 developing and transition economies, we consider whether the cost of …-sized enterprises. -- corruption ; efficiency ; rent-seeking ; capital investment …

-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) and tax data from the Government Revenue Dataset (ICTD/UNU-WIDER), our … when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …

Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries … either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption - the 'East Asian … of political institutions in mediating the corruption-growth relationship using panel data over one hundred countries for …