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 …

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 …

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 …

a model in which human capital is allocated to three activities: production, tax collection (bureaucracy), and public … bureaucracy and public education. Consequently, human capital has a weak effect on production, even when human capital is …

The destructive role of institutional quality such as corruption has been considered an important factor for economic …. This research examines the institutional role in controlling corruption within the preview of CO2 emissions-economic growth … nexus for the European Union. The study evaluates the moderating impact of corruption on the relationship between CO2 …

This paper empirically examines the impact of corruption on FDI in European Union countries, including candidate …, we find that corruption has a negative impact on FDI. -- FDI ; Corruption ; Efficient Grease Hypothesis ; OLS …

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 …

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 …

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 …