Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses metaanalysis techniques to systematically … evaluate the evidence addressing this question. It uses a data set comprising 460 estimates of the effect of corruption on … for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption), authors' affiliation …

corruption the preferred one in poor countries. Analyses of their joint effects are understandably rare. This paper provides … econometric evidence on lobbying, corruption and influence using data for almost 4000 firms in 25 transition countries. Our … results show that (a) lobbying and corruption are substitutes; (b) firm size, age and ownership as well as political stability …