and multilevel trust. To illustrate this point, a closer investigation of Sweden - a decentralised, high-trust and low-corruption … particularly susceptible to corruption; and 3) that the increase in responsibilities as well as the increased danger zones for … corruption has not been accompanied by institutions that ensure transparency and checks-and-balances in local government …

We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and … accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption inequality. The study shows that corruption is negatively, and that …; The findings suggest that "unfair procedures" - corruption and deviations from judicial accountability - may benefit the …

The aim of this paper is to study the effect of local corruption on political participation which is mediated by the … press. Focusing on Italy, we generate a daily measure of exposition to local corruption screening articles of main Italian … press agency. Applying an event-study methodology on local elections, two results emerge. First, corruption exposition …

corruption and public governance modulate this relationship. This study uses a cross-country analysis of 33 sample countries. The … that low levels of corruption and strong public governance played a role in suppressing high conforming tax avoidance … behavior in countries with strong FTR speakers. These insights underscore the significance of national anti-corruption efforts …