superior and more defensible measures of both decentralization in its various dimensions as well as corruption for a sample of … estimation procedures or the measures of corruption used. In terms of various dimensions of decentralized local governance …This paper attempts to improve the understanding and measurement of decentralization and its relationship with …

The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it …

A recent trend in decentralization in several large and diverse countries is the creation of local jurisdictions below … both regional and national governments. This paper argues that such grants-financed decentralization enables politicians to … target benefits to pivotal voters and organized interest groups in exchange for political support. Decentralization, in this …

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 …

finance, exposure to corruption, and sales growth. Relying on a data set of more than 70,000 firms in 121 countries, the … financial constraints than unaudited firms. On the other hand, audited firms face a significantly higher level of corruption … considerations of the endogeneity of auditing and to alternative measures of corruption and financial constraints. The findings …

Anti-corruption initiatives increasingly use multi-stakeholder groups, comprised of representatives from government …

Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …

Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. This …

Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …