Corruption is one of the world's most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …

The objectives of government are pivotal to understanding the diverse negative effects of corruption on public welfare …. Corruption renders governments unable or unwilling to maximize welfare. In the first case, it distorts agents' decisions and …

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

Many recent studies have looked at the macroeconomic, cultural and institutional determinants of corruption at the … bribes and the firms paying bribes affect the equilibrium level of corruption in the sector. Bribe takers (utility employees … empirical literature on corruption is how to distinguish between the "endogenous harassment" and "speed money" theories of …

bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of … battle against corruption faced by policy-makers in rapidly urbanizing countries with high fertility. I show that victims of …

This paper tests whether corruption may act as an efficient grease for the wheels of an otherwise deficient … institutional framework. We analyze the interaction between aggregate efficiency, corruption, and other dimensions of governance for … a panel of 54 developed and developing countries. Using three measures of corruption and five measures of other aspects …

instruments has a bearing on the prevalence of corruption in a country. Our results suggest that the choice of instruments matters … to reduce them. Cheques generally increase corruption, the results with respect to nonpaper credit transfers are mixed …, while direct debits fail to show significant effects on corruption. These findings hold for alternative corruption measures …