conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption. …

In this paper, we develop a model of law enforcement with the possibility of corruption between enforcers and potential …

enforcement of property rights influences the ex-post distribution of rents, there is room for corruption. We characterize the …) rents to government employees; ii) corruption; and iii) misallocation of talent. Therefore, these observations are not by … corruption and the misallocation of talent, and increase investment. It will also often be the case that bureaucracies will …

enforcers - on sequential, bilateral, illegal transactions such as corruption, manager-auditor collusion, or drug deals. It is …

This paper analyses why corruption can persist for long periods in a democracy and inquires whether this can result …, the paper analyzes how corruption distortsthe allocation of resources between public and private expenditure, altering the … citizens can indirectly benefit from corruption. The paper shows that, under this condition, if the citizens anticipate a shift …

An economy is considered where a possibility to seek rents (a particular case of this activity is corruption) exists … low corruption the direct law enforcement is bene- ficial for growth, and reduces the shadow sector. However, in the … highly corrupt economy, combating the shadow economy reduces output and increases corruption, while combating corruption …