A vast amount of research has considered numerous causes and correlates of corruption. Also, there have been many … and corruption appears scarce. After providing an intuitive and heuristic linkage between general economic uncertainty and … corruption, this article uses a large cross-country data set to augment a fairly standard model with simple proxies for …

This paper examines the effectiveness of corruption control depending upon whether the bribe taker or the bribe giver … paid bureaucrats demand smaller bribes. Some implications for anti-corruption policy are discussed. …

instruments has a bearing on the prevalence of corruption in a country. Our results suggest that the choice of instruments matters … to reduce them. Cheques generally increase corruption, the results with respect to nonpaper credit transfers are mixed …, while direct debits fail to show significant effects on corruption. These findings hold for alternative corruption measures …

whistleblower laws and provisions, focusing on the United States. Placing the analysis within the larger corruption literature, our … results show that greater whistleblower awareness results in more observed corruption and this holds across specifications …. Internet awareness of whistleblower laws appears to be more effective at exposing corruption than the quantity and quality of …

This paper examines the effectiveness of corruption control depending upon whether the bribe taker or the bribe giver … paid bureaucrats demand smaller bribes. Some implications for anti-corruption policy are discussed …

instruments has a bearing on the prevalence of corruption in a country. Our results suggest that the choice of instruments matters … to reduce them. Cheques generally increase corruption, the results with respect to nonpaper credit transfers are mixed …, while direct debits fail to show significant effects on corruption. These findings hold for alternative corruption measures …

whistleblower laws and provisions, focusing on the United States. Placing the analysis within the larger corruption literature, our … results show that greater whistleblower awareness results in more observed corruption, and this holds across specifications …. Internet awareness of whistleblower laws appears to be more effective at exposing corruption than the quantity and quality of …

Corruption, which remains a serious problem in many countries, has prompted considerable research in recent years. This … for corruption, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The innovative aspects of this research include use of a wide set … of historical, geographical, and governmental determinants of corruption, as well as detailed assessment of several …

Corruption, which remains a serious problem in many countries, has prompted considerable research in recent years. This … for corruption, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The innovative aspects of this research include use of a wide set … of historical, geographical, and governmental determinants of corruption, as well as detailed assessment of several …