The relationship between corruption, particularly when systemic, and the rule of law is a circular one. On the one hand …, corruption undermines the rule of law; on the other hand, a weak rule of law facilitates corruption. In a sort of parasitic … relationship, corruption quickly attaches to the flaws and the loopholes of the legal-institutional system and from them it grows …

coercive powers distort the incentives in resource and goods markets, increase corruption and reduce institutional stability …

tolerable level of corruption for investment (TLCI) in Africa (-0.27) over recent years. Moreover, corruption has been observed …. Secondary data from the World Development Indicators were used in this study. The frequency of the data is annual, and it is … estimated TLCIs for Europe and Asia are 0.534 and -0.735, respectively, on the control of corruption scale, which ranges from …

, ceteris paribus, corruption may yield differential effects on foreign investment in a group of central and eastern European … (CEE) countries depending on the level of business regulations, home-host corruption similarity or EU/OECD membership link … with corruption in the presence of business regulations and home-host corruption similarity, both of which may facilitate …

, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs … projects, implying the investment of higher volumes of money. Similarly, higher levels of corruption are associated with larger …