indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city governance, city performance (access and quality of … technology choices, governance and city performance, as well as evidence of a non-linear (u- shaped) relationship between city …We contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of …

estimations suggest that national governance factors, such as democratic accountability, press freedom, and rule of law, are …

Performance Survey (BEEPS) across 20 transition economies, providing an assessment of governance and corruption from the … corruption, with little attention paid to the role played by firms. Consequently, the links between corporate governance and … national governance have been unexplored. This paper summarises the results of the Business Environment and Enterprise …

A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … underplaying the role of the private sector. We then challenge the notion that governance and corruption cannot be measured …

This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time … of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources constructed by 18 different organizations. We assign these individual … measures of governance to categories capturing key dimensions of governance, and use an unobserved components model to …

worldwide governance, and present recent empirical evidence. Focusing on defining and unbundling key governance components, such … and governance, in controlling corruption, and in improving institutional quality -- although there is clearly variance … across countries. Further, recent empirical research points to the private sector as influencing public governance, thereby …

in governance. Its significance has broadened geographically as well as across different sectors. It has been observed … existing literature on transparency in finance and governance, indicates remaining knowledge gaps, and offers some hypothesis … adequate enforcement. The last section elaborates on the concomitant link between financial markets and governance, discussing …

Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) conducted among 6,500 firms in 27 transition countries. We refer to the …