There is growing consensus on the view that corruption hurts economic performance by reducing private investment, by … –, corruption also has adverse distributional effects as it hurts the poor disproportionately. For a given level of government … budget and national income, high corruption countries achieve lower literacy rates, have higher mortality rates, and overall …

repression. The study contributes to the literatures on social movements and institutional theory. The second study explores how … during the process of micro-translation. Combining the literatures of institutional theory and upward influence behavior I … contribute to the micro-foundation of institutional theory by showing how political behavior affects institutional change …

Central banks are viewed by the general public as reputable institutions, a perception bolstered by economic theory and … welfare through their decisions. Yet, cases of central bank corruption abound. The dissertation provides examples of ?pure …? corruption in central banks. Only a few studies address corruption and similar, but not necessarily criminal, behavior of central …

in and that put their clout for the fight against corruption in question. Against this background, three novel anti-corruption …. What is more, legislation can also take advantage of these chinks to fight corruption effectively.In Section II it is … United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) are used as benchmarks. In addition, the respective legal provisions …

countries are classified according to their degree of corporatism. It is shown that the partial correlation between (lagged …