<font size="2" face="CMR10"><font size="2" face="CMR10">This paper analyzes the existing relationship between ethnolinguistic fractionalization, corruption and the growth rate of a country. We provide a simple theoretical model. We show that a non-linear relationship between fractionalization and corruption exists: corruptionis high in homogeneous or...</font></font>

<font size="2" face="CMR10"><font size="2" face="CMR10">In this paper, we explore tax revenues in a regime of widespread corruption in a growthmodel. We develop a Ramsey model of economic growth with rival but non-excludable public good which is financed by taxes which can be evaded via corrupt tax inspector.We prove that the relationship between the...</font></font>

In this paper we explore tax revenues in a regime of widespread fiscal corruption in a static framework. We prove that the relationship between the tax rate and tax revenues depends on the relevance of the "shame effect" of being detected in a corrupt transaction. In countries with a "low shame"...

In this paper, we explore tax revenues in a regime of widespread corruption in a growth model. We develop a Ramsey model of economic growth with a rival but non-excludable public good which is financed by taxes which can be evaded via corrupt tax inspectors. We prove that the relationship...

In this paper, we explore tax revenues in a regime of widespread corruption in a growth model. We develop a Ramsey model of economic growth with a rival but non-excludable public good which is financed by taxes which can be evaded via corrupt tax inspectors. We prove that the relationship...