This paper examines the relationship between corruption and the composition of public expenditures. First, I derive a … theoretical model that links the degree of corruption in a country - to be understood as the prevailing culture of corruption - to … corruption. This distortion occurs at the expense of spending categories that do not involve public procurement (social …

Democracy and media freedom have been suggested as useful tools in the fight against political corruption, but so far … corruption-reducing effect of democracy becomes stronger as media freedom increases. Using panel data covering the period 1980 … democracy and media freedom in the fight against corruption is also supported by Indian state level data.  …

This paper examines the relation between political corruption and the composition of public spending. A rent …-seeking model is used to describe political rent creation through the composition of public spending. Political corruption is … categories characterized by high-technology goods supplied by non-competitive industries varies positively with the Corruption …

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 …

Drawing from the literature on the determinants of corruption, this article examines the relationship between … corruption and the nature of state of fragility. Robust empirical evidence shows a correlation between the level of corruption … neither flowing from state fragility to classical corruption nor to extreme corruption. S’enregistrant dans la littérature sur …

This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of corruption and its primary economic and political determinants …. Economic freedom and development are found to lower incidences of corruption. Of notable significance, this study finds … empirical evidence of a non-linear relationship between a country’s level of democracy and corruption. Extreme authoritarian …

Democracy and media freedom have been suggested as useful tools in the ?ght against political corruption, but so far … corruption-reducing e?ect of democracy becomes stronger as media freedom increases. Using panel data covering the period 1980 … democracy and media freedom in the ?ght against corruption is also supported by Indian state level data. …

This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a … political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights … prediction. Moreover, the effect of democratization on corruption depends on the protection of property rights and income …

Many variables have been proposed by past studies as significant determinants of corruption. This paper asks if their … estimated impact on corruption is robust to alteration of the information set. A Global Sensitivity Analysis, based on the … Leamer`s Extreme-Bounds Analysis give a clear answer: five variables are robustly related to corruption. Corruption is lower …

This study explores the causes of corruption in China using provincial panel data. Using both fixed effects and … instrumental variables approaches, we find that provinces with greater anti-corruption efforts, higher educational attainment … heterogeneity, regulation and resources abundance breed substantial corruption. We also find that fiscal decentralization depresses …