between corruption and firm productivity when regulation is high and an insignificant relationship when it is low. These …Using firm-level data from more than 39,000 firms in 111 economies, this paper tests the hypothesis that corruption … impedes productivity more at higher levels of regulation. The analysis finds that there is a significant negative relationship …

democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent …

simple way to combat corruption. However, empirical evidence on the corruption and regulation nexus is limited. Further, the …Regulation often creates opportunities for public officials to extract bribes. If this is true, deregulation offers a … corruption indices used are based on experts' opinions, which may suffer from perception bias. The present paper attempts to …

governing foreign direct investment (FDI) and competition that affect businesses and foreign investors in Indonesia. The …

-border traders - many of whom are women - face harassment and corruption, which can undermine these potential gains. This paper … procedures, tariffs, and rights to small-scale traders to facilitate border crossings, lower corruption, and reduce gender …

What sorts of conditions make some countries more prone to corruption than the others? This is an important question … for understanding how corruption arises and how to combat it. The present paper attempts to answer this question by … exploring the link between the size of the country and corruption. Economic theory suggests advantages and disadvantages of …