This paper compares corruption in China over the past 15 years with corruption in the U.S. between 1870 and 1930 …, periods that are roughly comparable in terms of real income per capita. Corruption indicators for both countries and both … periods are constructed by tracking corruption news in prominent U.S. newspapers. Several robustness checks confirm the …

continents – the USA, Brazil, Germany and China. The authors use the Human Beliefs and Values Survey data to examine several …

inefficient welfare states, as a function of the civicness of the citizens. -- welfare state ; trust ; civism ; corruption …

government that has a less than stellar reputation from ethical, moral and fair perspectives. To be sure, corruption, bribery …-be entrepreneurs. With an ever-shrinking world (but, an ever-growing cyber population), these crimes of bribery and corruption show a … that are worth considering, including several simultaneous large corruption cases that are far beyond worrisome …