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Corruption and crisis : do institutions matter?
Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2022
about the effect of the pandemic for longer-term outcomes such as corruption. We look at the historical data on political … and economic crises to assess what we can learn from the long-term effects of past crises on corruption. We hypothesize … corruption. We test our hypotheses using panel data for over 100 countries during the years 1800- 2020. The results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173620
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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406570
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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2016
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668293
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How to measure the rule of law
Voigt, Stefan - 2009
I argue that the rule of law consists of many dimensions and that much information is lost when variables proxying for these dimensions are simply aggregated. I draw on the most important innovations from various legal traditions to propose a concept of the rule of law likely to find general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889057
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Perception vs. experience : explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata
Gutmann, Jerg; Padovano, Fabio; Voigt, Stefan - 2019
Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries' public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no "objective" measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012135332
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Perception vs. experience : explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata
Gutmann, Jerg; Padovano, Fabio; Voigt, Stefan - 2019
Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries’ public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no “objective” measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156444
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The role of regional institutional environment in the relationship between political participation and effective tax rates : evidence from Chinese listed private firms before the f...
Shuangyan, Li; Feng, Genfu; Cao, Guangjun - In: Asia-Pacific journal of accounting & economics : APJAE 24 (2017) 3/4, pp. 323-338
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011740895
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"Despotic democrats" versus good governance : challenges of administration of Nigeria's Fourth Republic
Adegbami, Adeleke; Uche, Charles I. N. - In: The journal of developing areas 50 (2016) 4, pp. 195-210
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Do (successful) stock exchanges support or hinder institutions in transition economies?
Hartwell, Christopher A. - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-18
A stock exchange and the presence of functioning equity markets are part and parcel of an advanced market-based financial system. Previous research has also established that equity markets function more efficiently in the presence of supporting institutions such as property rights and rule of...
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Corporate religiosity and individual decision on conducting entrepreneurial activity : the contingent effects of institutional environments in China
Zhang, Feng; Zhang, Haina; Bell, Geoffrey G. - In: Asia Pacific journal of management 38 (2021) 3, pp. 955-978
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