Using indices of bribe for 19 countries, this study examines the determinants of bribe paying in international business. There is a strong positive correlation between countries where bribe taking is highly prevalent and those countries that are most likely to offer bribes. The propensity to...

The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of the two different teaching approaches in the first accounting course on student performance in a subsequent finance course. The study compares 128 accounting and finance students who took introductory financial accounting by either a user...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether the vigorous enforcement of anti‐bribery laws has had an impact on the propensity of firms to engage in bribe‐giving in international business. Design/methodology/approach – A set of statistical analyses was performed on data – Bribe Payers...

US Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflows are examined with respect to the level of corruption -- in the form of bribery -- in 42 recipient countries over a five-year period. Analysis indicates that US firms are less likely to invest in countries where bribery, as measured by the Corruption...

US Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflows are examined with respect to the level of corruption – in the form of bribery – in 42 recipient countries over a five-year period. Analysis indicates that US firms are less likely to invest in countries where bribery, as measured by the Corruption...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the welfare implications of traditional customs unions in a Harris-Todaro type of economy. In this context, the authors show, among other things, that, in the Harris-Todaro type of economy, the welfare implications of trade diversion I is ambiguous, while...