sales are viewed as a major venue for corruption, prompting a number of reforms over the years. Reforms now require all … which we call a "two stage auction". The latter type of auction seems more subject to corruption, and to side deals between … potential bidders and the auctioneer. Absent corruption, theory suggests that two stage auctions would most likely maximize …

Indonesia has a tradition of corruption among local officials who harass and collect bribes from firms. Corruption … corruption and whether specific local politics, over and above the effects of local culture, affect corruption. We have a firm … responsibilities to local democratically elected governments. We have a second data set for 2004 on corruption at the end of the first …

key aspects of corruption -- the relationship between bribes, time spent with local officials, and different forms of … sources of tax or inter-governmental revenues reduce the need for regulation and corruption. The paper estimates a large … reduction in regulation in better funded localities. The findings are directly relevant to Indonesia where corruption is high …

sales are viewed as a major venue for corruption, prompting a number of reforms over the years. Reforms now require all … which we call a "two stage auction". The latter type of auction seems more subject to corruption, and to side deals between … potential bidders and the auctioneer. Absent corruption, theory suggests that two stage auctions would most likely maximize …