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 …

standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …

subsectors, at least not given the used identification strategy. This could be due to the fact that this theory regards the …

modification of the available theory is needed: we need to relax the assumption that the game starts in a given period. Under this …

This half-semester course discusses decision theory and topics in game theory. We present models of individual decision …, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics, background risk, game theory, rationalizability, iterated strict dominance multi …-stage games, sequential equilibrium, trembling-hand perfection, stability, signaling games, theory of auctions, global games …

relationships'. The focus of the paper is on how and why corruption occurs in trustee decisionmaking, especially concerning … community development projects. Implications are drawn from the model of corruption for current debate over the proper scope of … systematic nature of corruption and the potential harm occasioned by corrupt trustee decisionmaking. It is also argued that the …