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Public Sector Motivation and Development Failures
Macchiavello, Rocco - 2005
This paper provides a theoretical analysis of the relationship between public sector motivation and development. We analyze a simple two sectors model: a public and a private sector in which the returns are increasing in the quality of the public good produced by the public sector. The main...
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Globalization and Corruption : New Evidence
Attila, Joseph - 2013
The aim of this paper is to test whether the relationship between globalization and corruption is non-linear as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039100
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Institutional quality as the driver of fiscal decentralization in developing countries
Digdowiseiso, Kumba - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-18
In this essay, I argue that the various institutional settings of fiscal decentralization observed in developing countries are contingent on institutional quality. Other incentives may exist for policymakers to change the degrees of fiscal power. My research is based on a five-year average of...
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Mother or child? Intra-household redistribution under gender-asymmetric altruism
Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2009
In developing societies, social norms typically ascribe differential weights to paternal, maternal and communal (or state) contributions to children's expenses. Individuals internalize these valuations. I examine a Cournot model of voluntary contribution to children's goods in a two-adult...
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Social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries
Jayachandran, Seema - 2019
This paper discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing countries. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as well as how gender norms differ substantially across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122672
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The nature of corruption : an interdisciplinary perspective
Dimant, Eugen - 2013
Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …
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Is There a Gender Bias in Crime Against Firms for Developing Economies?
Islam, Asif - 2012
This study explores the relationship between firms with a presence of female ownership and losses due to crime experienced by firms using data for about 12,000 firms in 27 developing countries. The results suggest that there may be a positive association between the losses experienced by firms...
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Private virtues, public vices : social norms and corruption
Rosenbaum, Stephen Mark; Billinger, Stephan; Stieglitz, Nils - In: International journal of development issues : IJDI 12 (2013) 3, pp. 192-212
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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010
lack of rule of law, corruption, presidential democracies, and underdeveloped financial systems. Another hypothesis is that … a resource boom reinforces rent grabbing and civil conflict especially if institutions are bad, induces corruption …
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Admission is Free Only If Your Dad is Rich! Distributional Effects of Corruption in Schools in Developing Countries
Emran, M. Shahe - 2013
countries. The rich are more likely to pay bribes in the standard model where the probability of punishment for bribe taking by … ten year average rainfall variations as instrument for household income in rural Bangladesh, we find that corruption is … doubly regressive: (i) the poor are more likely to pay bribes (income elasticity [-0.73, -1]), and (ii) among the bribe …
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