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The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially … data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …
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The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …
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The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …
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This study provides the first empirical assessment of the causal impact of bureaucratic corruption on firms' financial … heterogeneous treatment effects across firm groups. Formally, the theoretical framework models how corruption may facilitate or …, reveals that corruption significantly increases the probability of a representative MSME and firm being financially …
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The relationship between corruption and economic development is characterised by three stylised facts: (i) a strong … negative correlation between corruption and development (ii) countries can remain trapped in high corruption-low development or … low corruption-high development equilibria (iii) amongst intermediate levels of development corruption levels are more …
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Corruption, particularly political or quot;grandquot; corruption, distorts the entire decision-making process connected … presented shows that higher corruption is associated with (i) higher public investment; (ii) lower government revenues; (iii … that corruption increases public investment while reducing its productivity. These are five channels through which …
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Purpose The theoretical debate of corruption's impact on economic growth remains unsettled, making it an empirical … question. This study aims to investigate corruption's effect on BRICS countries' economic growth. Design/methodology/approach A … employed to estimate a growth model as a linear-quadratic function of corruption that accounts for cross-sectional dependence …
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I exploit a 2007 scandal concerning the General Services Administration (GSA) to examine whether executives can alter the bureaucratic allocation of government expenditures for electoral purposes. The GSA contracts with private vendors to provide supplies to, and acquire and maintain buildings...
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