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legal corrupt practices. At the beginning, the concept of corruption under the Act on the Central Anticorruption Bureau was … work, the characteristic features of corruption were presented and discussed. At this point was emphasized the importance … of corruption for the system of power and the functioning so-called closed systems. Then was made an attempt to indicate …
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This paper critiques the portrayal of the utilization of CAP funds as forms of corruption in eastern Europe. This study … state. Analysis of the challenge of corruption in Bulgaria from the CAP point of view provides an opportunity to explore …
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This article considers the relationship between centralised, exogenous institutions and the embedded, endogenous institutions of rural governance in Europe through an examination of the evaluation procedures of the European LEADER programme. LEADER is presented in the literature as progressive...
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The need to balance austerity with growth policies has put government efficiency high on the economic policy agenda in Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between consolidation and public service provision. Against such...
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International organizations have encouraged national governments to switch from traditional cash-based to business-like accrual accounting, on the presumption that long-run benefits may outweigh substantial implementation and operating costs. We use a quasi-experimental setting to evaluate...
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Complex multi-level governance systems face a variety of challenges. As one of the most prominent multi-level administrative systems in the world, the EU has experienced a legitimacy crisis for several years, with many citizens displaying skeptical or even hostile views of European integration...
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We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …
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of corruption in a nation after joining the Union has not been formally studied. Any nation that joins the European Union … potentially faces two different and opposite effects on corruption. On the one hand, there are reasons to believe that corruption … is going to decrease because of the efforts of the EU to fight corruption or because of the opening of the markets to …
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The destructive role of institutional quality such as corruption has been considered an important factor for economic …. This research examines the institutional role in controlling corruption within the preview of CO2 emissions-economic growth … nexus for the European Union. The study evaluates the moderating impact of corruption on the relationship between CO2 …
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identification of a further control variable affecting stock performances: corruption. The goal of this study is an enquiry about the … connections between European industrial stock returns and a macroeconomic index of corruption in order to assess the impact of … corruption in the performances of listed European industrial companies. This paper is organized as follows: the first paragraph …
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