Damania, Richard; Fredriksson, Per; Mani, Muthukumara - In: Public Choice 121 (2004) 3, pp. 363-390
This paper examines the reasons whycorruption and policy distortions tend toexhibit a high degree of persistence incertain regimes. We identify circumstancesunder which a firm seeks to evaderegulations through (i) bribery of localinspectors, and (ii) by lobbying high-levelgovernment politicians...