This paper addresses the causal relationship between corruption and youth unemployment from two different perspectives …. The discussion starts by asking how the corruption practices within government institutions that encourage the payment of … the dynamic effect between perceived bribery among officials and the youth unemployment rates, the paper finds that, after …

corruption is more prevalent and the legal framework is weaker, bribery is more harmful for firm-level productivity … corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … grease" hypothesis by investigating whether corruption may increase productivity by helping reduce the time tax on firms …

analysis finds a large, positive effect of regulatory burden on corruption. For the baseline results, the bribery rate is … simple way to combat corruption. However, empirical evidence on the corruption and regulation nexus is limited. Further, the … corruption indices used are based on experts' opinions, which may suffer from perception bias. The present paper attempts to …

competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank …

The control of bribery is a policy objective in many developing countries. It has been argued that asymmetric … punishments could reduce bribery by incentivizing whistle-blowing. This paper investigates the role played by asymmetric … endogenously. First, when detection rates are fixed, the symmetry properties of punishment are irrelevant to bribery. Bribery …

In the standard model of corruption, the rich are more likely to pay bribes for their children's education, reflecting … Bangladesh, this paper finds strong evidence that corruption in schools is doubly regressive: (i) the poor are more likely to pay … implies that "free schooling" is free only for the rich and corruption makes the playing field skewed against the poor. This …

This essay first sets out the "business model" problems entailed by corruption and their effects as well as … corrupt practices. However, different economic policies can be pursued that are compatible with corruption. Some are more pro … resemble fairly orthodox economic policy prescriptions. Eventually the abolition of corruption holds the greatest promise to …

: large payments to gain or alter contracts and circumvent regulations are common. The impact of corruption goes beyond bribe … this is where the major impact of corruption is felt. Regulation of the sector is necessary, but simplicity, transparency … enforced regulation of the construction process. Where government is the client, attempts to counter corruption need to begin …