of corruption in a nation after joining the Union has not been formally studied. Any nation that joins the European Union … potentially faces two different and opposite effects on corruption. On the one hand, there are reasons to believe that corruption … is going to decrease because of the efforts of the EU to fight corruption or because of the opening of the markets to …

Adding to the literature on factors driving corruption and bribery, this paper examines the effect of contestability in … business operations on bribe solicitations. Contestability undermines bureaucratic rent-seeking potential and this paper tries … business startup procedures compared to startup regulatory times led to fewer bribe demands; however, property registration …

Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing … corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual … enforcement to combat corruption by increasing enforcement employment is ineffective, rather comprehensive improvements in …

and institutional weakness (corruption) aspects. Results, based on data from more than 131 nations, show that strengthened … supply chains reduced donations. The impacts of corruption and logistics performance likely persisted from pre-COVID times … vaccine deals. Finally, donations received through COVAX were driven by qualitatively similar factors, except corruption did …

dimensions, is broadly consistent with the greasing effects of corruption. While the study uses data from a single nation that is …

environmental pollution, focusing primarily on influences of corruption, and the shadow economy, and paying special attention to …

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 …

paper examines the impact of the different stages of supply chain logistics on corruption. Besides adding insights into … channels of potential corruption or rent‐seeking, the research identifies potential stages of bureaucratic holdups related to … the supply chain and can prove useful in the formulation of a more effective corruption‐control policy. We use data for …

dimensions, is broadly consistent with the greasing effects of corruption. While the study uses data from a single nation that is …

Studying a relatively under-researched aspect in economics, this paper examines the nexus between corruption and … academic freedom. Our main hypothesis is that greater corruption undermines academic freedom and we test this hypothesis using … the direct and indirect (through corruption) effects of various drivers of academic freedom. Finally, additional insights …