In this paper, foreign aid transfers can distort individual incentives, and hence hurt growth, by encouraging rent …

from the World Values Survey that measures an individual’s taste for government responsibility, which we interpret as a …

-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given … corruption on pollution. The indirect effect via income is positive or negative depending on the income level. If negative, the … corruption. Because this relationship is particularly strong at low income levels, developing countries can considerably improve …

disruptive creation mechanism or reduce it by stimulating corruption, distorting the markets and deteriorating social capital. We …