This paper presents several tests of the validity of data on corruption using the full range of data sets employed in cross-national corruption research. First, we show that different classes of indicators of corruption, a distinction based on who evaluates a country's level of corruption, rely...

Colluding firms often exchange private information and make transfers within the cartels based on the information. Estimating the impact of such collusive practices'€" known as the 'lysine strategy profile (LSP)€'€" on cartel duration is difficult because of endogeneity and omitted...