resultant prosperity. We also emphasize that enforcing regulations is a complex task given corruption, informal markets, and the … inability of citizens to cooperate and form effective lobbies. Preliminary calculations using data from the World Bank show that …

While the effects of corruption on bilateral trade have been relatively well explored, its effect on the composition of … trading partners has not been studied. In this paper, we argue that corruption in a country is likely to impose asymmetric … costs on its trading partners depending on their characteristics. As a result, as the level of corruption in a country …

This study re-examines the impact of corruption on international trade accounting for both inter- and intra …, we find that the negative impact of corruption on trade is reduced, ceteris paribus, in poorer countries. We also find … non-linearities, more corrupt countries present a more harmful impact of corruption on trade. Moreover, we perform a …