The role of whistle-blowing as a mechanism for deterring corruption has been conspicuously neglected in the economic … literature. This is quite surprising given the increase in legislation aimed at preventing corruption that includes whistle … deals squarely with the analysis of the role and potential impact of whistleblowing on the persistence of corruption in …

It has been argued that greater transparency is needed to reduce corruption. One way of increasing transparency is … experiment to determine their effect on corruption. Using a sample of democratic countries and two different corruption indices …, I find that countries that adopted FOI laws saw an increase in corruption. Results are robust throughout different …

to explore the impact of a country’s political environment on its level of corruption. The study provides strong evidence … urbanization are associated with a lower level of public sector corruption across all 121 countries. The colonial dummies and …

This paper aims to study corruption as an epidemic phenomenon using the epidemic diffusion model of Kermack and Mc …-Kendrick (1927). We seek to determine the dynamics of corruption and its impact on the composition of the population at a given time …. We determine a threshold epidemiological corruption based on the approximation of the honest population. …

Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) a reciprocity relationship between briber and public official, (2 … negative externalities have no apparent effect. The penalty threat significantly reduces corruption, although discovery …

Corruption scandals seem to abound in countries that have recently undergone reform. Despite the proliferation of …—actually causes an increase in corruption. Theory provides no guidance as to the direction of causality—on the one hand, reforms make … politicians accountable to voters, as well as introduce more competition, which should decrease corruption. On the other hand, the …

’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The … corruption is close to one third of that exercised by the level of development. Some cautious policy conclusions are derived. …

The German federal government intends to introduce regular staff rotation as a precautionary measure against corruption …

’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The … corruption is close to one third of that exercised by the level of development. Some cautious policy conclusions are derived. …

correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …