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How do Institutions Affect Corruption and the Shadow Economy?

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannis, Christos; McCorriston, Steve - EconWPA - 2005

corruption. It shows that an improvement in institutional quality reduces the shadow economy and affects the corruption market …. The exact relationship between corruption and institutional quality is, however, ambiguous and depends on the relative … effectiveness of the institutional quality in the shadow and corruption markets. The predictions of the model are empirically tested …

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CORRUPTION AROUND THE WORLD: EVIDENCE FROM A STRUCTURAL MODEL

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannis, Christos; McCorriston, Steve - EconWPA - 2004

The causes and consequences of corruption have attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy … makers. Central in the discussion on the impact of corruption are perception-based indices. While informative, these indices … are ordinal in nature and hence provide no indication of how much economic loss is attributed to corruption. Arguably …

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The Distribution of Teacher Quality and Implications for Policy

Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. - In: Annual Review of Economics 4 (2012) 1, pp. 131-157

It has become commonplace to measure teacher quality in terms of teacher value-added. Operationally, this means evaluating teachers according to the learning gains of students on various achievement tests. Existing research consistently shows large variations in teacher effectiveness, much of...

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Economic growth in developing countries: The role of human capital

Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 204-212

The focus on human capital as a driver of economic growth for developing countries has led to undue attention on school attainment. Developing countries have made considerable progress in closing the gap with developed countries in terms of school attainment, but recent research has underscored...

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Schooling, educational achievement, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 497-512

Latin American economic development has been perceived as a puzzle. The region has trailed most other world regions over the past half century despite relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle, however, can be resolved by considering educational achievement, a...

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The Market for Teacher Quality

Hanushek, Eric A.; Kain, John F.; Rivkin, Steven G.; … - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2005

overall results have a variety of direct policy implications for the design of school accountability and the compensation of …

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The Economic Costs of Corruption: A Survey and New Evidence

Dreher, Axel; Herzfeld, Thomas - EconWPA - 2005

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the economic costs of corruption. Corruption affects economic growth … biases the composition of government expenditures. The second part of the paper estimates the effect of corruption on … calculate the total effect of corruption: An increase of corruption by about one index point reduces GDP growth by 0 …

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Information Transmission and Ownership Consolidation in Aid Programs

Dreher, Axel; Marchesi, Silvia - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2013

This paper explores the role of information transmission in explaining donors\' choice between project aid and budget support. Budget support increases the involvement of recipient governments in the decision-making process and can thus be an example of a “delegation-scheme\". Conversely,...

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Information transmission and ownership consolidation in aid programs

Dreher, Axel; Marchesi, Silvia - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2013

This paper explores the role of information transmission in explaining donors' choice between project aid and budget support. Budget support increases the involvement of recipient governments in the decision-making process and can thus be an example of a "delegation-scheme". Conversely, project...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010901428

Fighting corruption with asymmetric penalties and leniency

Lambsdorff, Johann; Nell, Mathias - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2007

Corrupt arrangements are characterized by a high risk of opportunism: double-dealing, whistle-blowing and extortion are significant uncertainties for participants in corrupt transactions. This paper demonstrates how legislators may use an asymmetric design of (criminal) sanctions and leniency...

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