Graft and corruption is considered to be one of the biggest threats to development. Several studies had shown the … tremendous impact of corruption in the economy. For a number of developing countries, a huge portion of government resources is … aims to contribute to the growing literature of understanding corruption in developing economies and creating the necessary …

Political corruption is considered a major impediment to economic development, and yet it remains pervasive throughout … the world. This paper examines the extent to which government audits of public resources can reduce corruption by … enhancing political and judiciary accountability. We do so in the context of Brazil’s anti-corruption program, which randomly …

While in an initial legal and academic anti-corruption wave corruption itself was at the center of analysis, research … is now increasingly focused on anti-corruption discourse and praxis. The latter analyses have generated numerous … criticisms of anti-corruption activities and anti-corruption research, and these are presented in this literature review. These …

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 …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

In most developing countries, anti-corruption agencies were established in compliance with international treaties to … prevent and combat corruption through law enforcement. Yet conviction rates in corruption have remained very low, undermining … success factors for anti-corruption agencies, this paper argues that effective collaboration mechanisms between these agencies …

Several anthropological scholars have argued from an ethnographic viewpoint that local understandings of corruption … vary around the world. Others who have critically analyzed the international and transnational anti-corruption campaign … aims in the fight against corruption. This article combines and advances both arguments by applying a post …

While there is substantial corruption in developing countries, the costs imposed by corruption on individuals and … households are little understood. This study examines the relationship between exposure to local corruption and mental health, as …-to-day petty corruption is positively associated with psychological distress. Our results are robust to a variety of specification …

. The complex interdependence between blockages of innovation and organizational corruption is a novel field of research in … explicate organizationally driven routines, and the rise of corruption despite anti-corruption campaigns remains a problem which … is still unaddressed. This results in a mismatch with the increasing importance of addressing the issue of corruption. To …

Periodic rotation of staff in public administration may lead to lower corruption, as it disrupts long …-term relationships between public officials and potential bribers. This paper proposes an~experimental design that tests the~anti-corruption …