This paper considers the effects of corruption and government spending on economic growth. It starts from an endogenous … growth model and extends it to account for the detrimental effects of corruption on the potentially productive components of … and the results show, first, that the growth rate is strongly influenced by the interaction between corruption and …

This paper considers the effects of corruption and government spending on economic growth. It starts from an endogenous … growth model and extends it to account for the detrimental effects of corruption on the potentially productive components of … and the results show, first, that the growth rate is strongly influenced by the interaction between corruption and …

This paper clarifies the main theoretical issues of corruption. An estimate and branch analysis of corruption in Russia … is offered. The research concentrates on effects produced by corruption on social expenditures. The analysis demonstrates … how corruption influences the poverty situation after social transfers and on the general efficiency of social payments …

corruption. Adverse interactions between politics, business and law enforcement generate obstacles for the rule of law and remain … énergiques dans la lutte contre la corruption. Des interactions indésirables entre la politique, les affaires et l'application de …

The paper considers the relationship of corruption and domestic business environment. The authors propose a method of … quantitative estimation of the impact of corruption on the business climate through the use of international ratings. The … corruption, and estimate, with its help, the comparative advantages of Russia as of late 2012. In addition the paper determines …

Is corruption capable of spreading across national borders? This paper uses panel data for 120 countries from 1995 to … 2012 to evaluate whether the corruption levels ofneighboring countries, as weighted by the relative joint border length …, affects domestic corruption. Including country fixed effects allows us to control for unobservablecountry specifc aspects and …

If we accept that the concept of corruption is influenced by culture and personal values then, we should ask: 1) what … are the individual characteristics that shape corruption perception? 2) how important is the incidence of the country of … residence in determining it? and 3) is there a relationship between private and public perception of corruption? The database is …

less corruption, more social welfare and education spending, more open markets, and better functioning government …

Corruption is a significant factor which determines the quality of the “doing business” environment at large. The aim …) does gender matter in corrupt behavior and (2) can corruption be an explanatory factor for gender gaps in firm growth … the impact of corruption on employment growth, we do find a general negative impact of administrative corruption …

This paper compares corruption in China over the past 15years with corruption in the US between 1870 and 1930, periods … that are roughly comparable in terms of real income per capita. Corruption indicators for both countries and both periods … are constructed by tracking corruption news in prominent US newspapers. Several robustness checks confirm the reliability …