This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data …. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of … 'administrative corruption', whereby firms engage in corrupt practices and bribery of government officials. We contrast the firm …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a 'bribe tax' and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency …, which is often believed to be closely linked with corruption: the 'time tax' imposed on firms by red tape. When testing … individual firms appears to vary depending on overall institutional quality: in countries where corruption is more prevalent and …

This paper uses a unique panel dataset on firm-level corruption. It contains quantitative information on bribe payments …-level differences in (i) visibility, (ii) sunk costs, (iii) ability to pay, and (iv) level of interaction with public officials …

intensified by a number of social phenomena such as increased fragmentation, vested interests, corruption, social unrest … 'resilient authoritarianism' and that China either will experience a political and social collapse or move towards a democratic …

Competition among health insurers is widely considered to be a means of enhancing efficiency and containing costs in … is able to counterbalance the strong position of physicians and to achieve lower costs. … MonopolKrankenversicherung kann die starke Verhandlungsposition der Ärzte ausgleichen und niedrigere Kosten durchsetzen. …

Vorteilhaftigkeit bezogen sich in der Regel auf Teilaspekte: entweder nur die Kosten- oder nur die Steuereffekte wurden untersucht … geben, wobei Kosten- und Steuereffekte gleichermaßen berücksichtigt werden. Dabei steht nicht die Frage im Vordergrund …