, the regulatory framework and the extent of corruption in the bureaucracy? Second, what are the incentives of corrupt …It is a well-established fact that the government bureaucracy in many developing countries is large, difficult to … firms or individuals actually go about when dealing with the government bureaucracy. One institution that has emerged in …

This is a note on corruption and underground economy in a Kaldor-type model of the business cycle. It appears that when …

incidence of corruption is another distinctive feature of SSA. According to the last Transparency International Corruption … Perception Index almost 70% of SSA countries ranked register score below 3, indicating that corruption is perceived as rampant …. However, to the best of our knowledge the corruption and informality nexus has never been explored in comprehensive empirical …

This paper exploits a unique dataset on corruption and informal sector employment in 476 Brazilian municipalities to … estimate whether corruption impacts GDP or income levels once variation in informal economic activity is taken into account …. Overall, I find that higher levels of corruption and a larger informal economy are generally associated with poor economic …

Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use … longitudinal data on audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico to answer this question. We find that corruption is lower in … municipalities audited before an election. However, these municipalities do not exhibit decreased levels of corruption in subsequent …