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The Dark Side of Disclosure : Evidence of Government Expropriation from Worldwide Firms
Liu, Tingting - 2017
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 …
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Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail
Truex, Rory - 2017
Anti-corruption initiatives increasingly use multi-stakeholder groups, comprised of representatives from government …
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Decentralization (Localization) and Corruption : New Cross-Country Evidence
Ivanyna, Maksym - 2017
corruption in a worldwide context. This is done by presenting the conceptual underpinnings of such relationship as well as using … superior and more defensible measures of both decentralization in its various dimensions as well as corruption for a sample of … governments, is shown to have significant negative effect on the incidence of corruption regardless of the choice of the …
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues
Kraay, Aart - 2017
Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …
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Governance Matters VI : Governance Indicators for 1996-2006
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2007
Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. This …
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and Analytical Issues
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2010
Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190902
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Public Versus Private Protection Against Crime : The Case of Somali Piracy
Do, Quy-Toan - 2018
This paper analyzes the rise and demise of piracy off the coast of Somalia to highlight the interplay between public and private crime protection measures. Using unique data on attacks, hijacks, and ransoms, the authors estimate a structural model of Somali piracy to calculate the elasticity of...
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Uganda's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
Ranganathan, Rupa - 2017
Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructuring has paved the way for a rapid doubling of...
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Nigeria's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective
Foster, Vivien - 2017
Infrastructure made a net contribution of around one percentage point to Nigeria's improved per capita growth performance in recent years, in spite of the fact that unreliable power supplies held growth back. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region's middle-income...
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Transport Connectivity and Health Care Access : Evidence from Liberia
Iimi, Atsushi - 2018
Health care access is an important policy concern, especially in rural areas. It is especially challenging in developing countries, where rural residents are poorer and less likely to be insured than those living in urban areas. Using the case of Liberia, this paper examines the effects of...
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