In recent years the topics of illegal activities such as corruption or tax evasion have attracted a great deal of … (among women and in general) differences in attitudes among similar age groups in different time periods (cohort effect) or … changing attitudes of the same cohorts over time (age effect) using data from eight Western European countries from the World …

prices. The evidence offers a glimpse of quite explicit micro-level evidence on various types of behavior and corruption that …

. In our theoretical framework, the act of proposing or demanding a bribe violates a commonly held social norm, thus … asking for a bribe. We test the predictions of the model by using individual-level data for 25 countries from the European … offering a bribe, but no effect on the probability to be asked for a bribe. Overall, our findings indicate that policies aimed …

bribe-taking and tax re-distribution. The politician obtains utility from net income that comes from his wage income, tax … embezzlements and bribe-taking, and he also has incentives for tax re-distribution. The higher the tax embezzlements and the more …

This paper introduces `harassment' in a simple model of bribery and corruption. …

Using a panel data set for 146 countries over the period 1984~2007, this study contributes in the area of trade-corruption … linkages by highlighting the non-monotonic relationship between trade and corruption and significance of complementary policy … reforms in shaping the link. Findings of the study suggest that trade increases corruption in a linear specification while its …

Analyzing law enforcement data on corruption incidents for a panel of 79 Russian regions for the period 2004-2007, we … find that the relative salaries of bureaucrats determine corruption levels: Corruption declines as relative salaries rise … up to a turning point, beyond which corruption rises again. Other important determinants are the strength of law …

The paper investigates how efficiency of business environment and corruption (informal payments and state capture … corruption activities at the firm-level and firm ownership. We find somehow surprising results that private firms (domestic and … foreign owned firms that are involved in informal payments are likely to benefit from these corruption practices. On the other …