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Anti-corruption policy-making, discretionary power, and institutional quality : an experimental analysis
Boly, Amadou; Gillanders, Robert - 2016
officials', even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517268
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Effects of institutional history and leniency on collusive corruption and tax evasion
Buckenmaier, Johannes; Dimant, Eugen; Mittone, Luigi - 2018 - This version: June 5, 2018
We investigate the effects of an institutional mechanism that incentivizes taxpayers to blow the whistle on collusive corruption and tax compliance. We explore this through a formal leniency program. In our experiment, we nest collusive corruption within a tax evasion framework. We not only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011861538
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Effects of institutional history and leniency on collusive corruption and tax evasion
Buckenmaier, Johannes; Dimant, Eugen; Mittone, Luigi - 2018 - This version: May, 2018
We investigate the effects of an institutional mechanism that incentivizes taxpayers to blow the whistle on collusive corruption and tax compliance. We explore this through a formal leniency program. In our experiment, we nest collusive corruption within a tax evasion framework. We not only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894106
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Decentralization of firms in a country with weak institutions : evidence from Russia
Levina, Irina - 2018
Can decentralization of firms be successful in an environment with weak institutions? Decentralization can do a great …, which is particularly important for firms that operate under weak institutions. Hence, the popular belief is that in … countries with weak institutions, firms are unable to successfully decentralize. In this paper, we study evidence from Russian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894265
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Corruption, judicial accountability and inequality : unfair procedures may benefit the worst-off
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2019
We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137555
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Resource rents, democracy and corruption : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Arezki, Rabah; Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2011
We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009301201
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Resource Rents, Democracy and Corruption : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Arezki, Rabah - 2013
We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092386
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Arab Spring, Democratization of Corruption, and Income Inequality
Jha, Chandan Kumar; Kırşanlı, Fatih - 2023
How do political crises affect the interaction between economic and political outcomes? In this paper, we study one of the consequences of political turmoil by empirically examining whether the Arab Spring influenced the relationship between corruption and income inequality. Using panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344326
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Aid, Predation and State Capture : The Role of Development Aid in Fuelling Corruption and Undermining Governance: The Case of Ethiopia
Hassan, Seid Y. - 2013
-seeing that one finds in the country indicates that foreign aid has undermined governance in the country. By exploring the heavy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078398
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Isolated Capital Cities, Accountability and Corruption : Evidence from US States
Campante, Filipe R. - 2012
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states. In particular, this is the case when we use the variation induced by the exogenous location of a state's centroid to instrument for the concentration of population around the capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096596