Two decades of empirical evaluation have shown that corruption has a negative impact on economic growth, political … stability, judicial effectiveness, democratization, educational attainment, and equality of income. However, corruption exists … incentives and disincentives for corrupt behavior. However, lab studies on culture and corruption have led to some puzzling …

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

punishments could reduce bribery by incentivizing whistle-blowing. This paper investigates the role played by asymmetric …

implemented in Madagascar, this method has helped to reveal probable fraud cases in the present context of customs reform …. Estimates suggest that, in 2014, customs fraud reduced non-oil customs revenues (duties and import value-added tax) by at least …

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 … analysis finds a large, positive effect of regulatory burden on corruption. For the baseline results, the bribery rate is …

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

Using firm-level data from more than 39,000 firms in 111 economies, this paper tests the hypothesis that corruption … between corruption and firm productivity when regulation is high and an insignificant relationship when it is low. These …

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 …