. This is an important issue affecting both the supply of local public goods and the incidence of corruption. To the best of …. Using a unique data set for rural India this paper addresses the question of whether households bribe elected officials …

programs. This is an important issue affecting both the supply of local public goods and the incidence of corruption. To the … program, anywhere. Using a unique data set for rural India this paper addresses the question of whether households bribe …

' in India effective in curbing corruption? Using a novel panel dataset covering 20 Indian states and the periods 2005 and …In Is corruption influenced by economic growth? Are legal institutions such as the 'Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005 … 2008 we estimate the causal effects of economic growth and law on corruption. To tackle endogeneity concerns we use forest …

The impact of information on corruption and effective implementation is Janus faced. In this paper we use household … level data to address the issue of corruption in the NREG program in three states: Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra …, information has generated corruption on the part of some informed beneficiaries. Conversely, in areas where poorer and illiterate …