Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the joint determination of bureaucratic corruption and economic development. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a simple model of growth in which bureaucrats are employed as agents of the government to...

In this paper, we examine the growth effects of government expenditure for a panel of 30 developing countries over the 1970s and 1980s, with a particular focus on disaggregated government expenditures. Our methodology improves on previous research on this topic by explicitly recognizing the role...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test for and model non-linearities in option price deviations from the Black Scholes (BS) model in FTSE 100 index options over the time period 1997-2006. Design/methodology/approach – The economic specification and estimation methodology is outlined,...

This paper presents an analysis of the effect of bureaucratic corruption on economic growth through a public ?nance transmission channel. At the theoretical level, we develop a simple dynamic general equilibrium model in which fi?nancial intermediaries make portfolio decisions on behalf of...