This paper presents new evidence on the relationship between corruption and income inequality. Using a panel data … methodology, we find that lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality in Latin America. This result is in … relationship between inequality and corruption suggests that institutional reform policies by themselves may be misguided …

This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … panel framework. Using annual observations in a pooled setting (no country-fixed effects) confirms the positive link between … the involvement of women in society and the absence of corruption. However, once country-fixed effects are acknowledged …

places endowed with more amenities. In the crossroad between these factors, this paper investigates corruption as key element …. Results suggest the dual role of push and pull mechanisms at play, as high corruption incentivizes Italian skilled mobility to … destinations that, instead, exhibit lower corruption. Moreover, sensitivity of the prospective tertiary students to corruption …

Up until the 1980s, studies on corruption were dominated by disciplines of public administration and sociology. In the … International Agency, corruption, which has a negative impact on most macroeconomic indicators, is “the abuse of entrusted power for … private gain”. Even though the disruption of corruption causing weak growth and investment rates has long been examined, there …

activities on the ecosystem. From a panel data analysis, two regularities emerge. First, corruption deteriorates the overall …This paper extends the empirical debate on the effects of corruption on environmental degradation by considering a … corruption and enhancing development are very likely to improve the environmental performances …

Ever since the spectacular boom and bust cycle of the Spanish real estate industry, endemic corruption at the local …-explored political determinant, this paper investigates the effect of local and regional alignment in fomenting corruption at the Spanish … municipal level. To do so, we construct an ample panel dataset on the prevalence of corrupt practices by local politicians …