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An Analysis of the Close Links between Corruption and Organized Crime

Buscaglia, Edgardo; Gonzalez Ruiz, Samuel; Prieto, Cesar; … - 2007

This article provides a survey of the causal factors linking public sector corruption and organized crime. The framework of analysis presented has been tested by the authors in a sample of 45 countries worldwide. Moreover, the piece also includes policy prescriptions, founded on best...

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Symmetric vs. asymmetric punishment regimes for bribery

Engel, Christoph; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Yu, Gaoneng - 2012

symmetric and asymmetric punishment regimes for bribery, one may wonder which punishment strategy is more effective in curbing … corruption. For this purpose, we designed and ran a lab experiment in Bonn (Germany) and Shanghai (China) with exactly the same … design. The results show that, in both countries, with symmetric punishment recipients are less likely to grant the socially …

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The Upward and Downward Spirals in China's Anti-Corruption Enforcement

Hualing, Fu - 2011

China's fight against corruption appears to have reached a stalemate. The fluctuation in the number of corruption prosecution, which was a characteristic of the official statistics until the early 1990s, has virtually vanished. Instead, one sees flat lines. The stalemate is surprising given the...

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Systemic Corruption in an Advanced Welfare State : Lessons from the Québec Charbonneau Inquiry

Saint-Martin, Denis - 2015

The Quiet Revolution in the 1960s propelled the province of Québec onto the path of greater social justice and better government. But as the evidence exposed at the Charbonneau inquiry makes clear, this did not make systemic corruption disappear from the construction sector. Rather, it adapted...

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A Silent Corrupting Force? Criminal Sentencing and the Threat of Recall

Gordon, Sanford C. - 2020

39 U.S. states authorize recall elections, but the incentives they create are not well understood. We examine how changes in the perceived threat of recall alter the behavior of one set of officials: judges. In 2016, outrage over the sentence imposed on a Stanford athlete following his sexual...

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Symmetric vs. asymmetric punishment regimes for bribery

Engel, Christoph; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Yu, Gaoneng - 2012

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Deterring Corruption : Beyond Rational Choice Theory

Carson, Lindsey D. - 2014

Corruption, while reflecting (and often reinforcing) broad, even systemic, institutional deficiencies within societies, also represents the amalgam of the choices, priorities, and actions of individual actors. This Article explores how cognitive and social conditions impact individuals’...

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Corruption : Reasons & Remedy to Sustain Economic Development

Sharma, Deepankar; Ashat, Shrey - 2014

The paper stresses the need to keep the issue of corruption squarely in view in the development agenda. It discusses the causes and consequences of corruption, especially in the context of a least developed country with considerable regulation and central direction. Lack of transparency,...

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Brexit, Integrity and Corruption : Local and Global Challenges

Pasculli, Lorenzo - 2018

This article assesses the national and transnational effects of Brexit on integrity and anti-corruption law and policies. Drawing on relevant legal, criminological and economic theoretical and empirical findings, we suggest that Brexit is not bound to have a negative impact, but can become an...

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The Bundling of Foreign Bribery Cases

Hock, Branislav - 2018

theory and policy …

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