-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given … corruption on pollution. The indirect effect via income is positive or negative depending on the income level. If negative, the …The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …

We examine the effect of corruption on foreign direct investments. Our model shows that corruption may have different … market. Using Swedish firm-level data, we find that affiliate local sales decrease with corruption, while affiliate exports … increase. Finally, corruption has a negative effect on the probability that a foreign firm will invest in a country. These …

The paper explores a game-theoreticmodel of petty corruption involving a sequence of entrepreneurs and a track of …

There is a growing evidence that political corruption is often closely associated with the rent seeking activities of … groups and the incidence of political corruption and determines whether electoral competition can eliminate political … corruption. We obtain some striking results. Greater electoral competition serves to lessen policy distortions. However, this in …

This paper develops a simple framework to analyze the links between corruption and the unofficial economy and their …

queuing theory to firstdemonstrate that when allocating goods publically, a case can be made for favoring a particular groupof …