This research examines the influence of government decentralization on corruption in the United States. Previous … terms of the scope of services offered and the population served — has a bearing on corruption. Results show that government … decentralization does not necessarily reduce corruption — the type of decentralization matters. Specifically, more general …

This research examines the influence of government decentralization on corruption in the United States. Previous … terms of the scope of services offered and the population served — has a bearing on corruption. Results show that government … decentralization does not necessarily reduce corruption — the type of decentralization matters. Specifically, more general …

This paper contributes to the discussion and understanding of corruption in transition countries. Specifically, we use … annual data over 1998 - 2002 for 25 transition economies to study factors that cause corruption. Two widely used measures of … corruption are employed to test the validity of our findings. Among the various factors that significantly lower corruption, the …