This paper examines the reasons why corruption and policy distortions tend to exhibit a high degree of persistence in … and (2) lobbying high-level government politicians to resist legal reforms designed to improve judicial efficiency and … eliminate corruption. The analysis predicts that in politically unstable regimes the institutions necessary to monitor and …

This paper develops a theory of environmental policy formation, taking into consideration the degree of corruptibility …. Political instability has a negative effect on the stringency of environmental regulations if the level of corruption is low …, but a positive effect when the degree of corruption is high. Corruption reduces the stringency of environmental …

direct control of firm entry can be bribed, while regulation based on minimum requirements makes her prone to lobbying … accrue to the politician. Under regulation some agents cannot be excluded from entry, giving their lobby a competitive …