This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between the shadow economy and corruption as determinants of public … debt in the Spanish Autonomous Communities. In addition, we construct a Corruption Perception Index for those regions. Our … significant and positive impact on regional public debt. Corruption also shows a direct and significant relationship with public …

In this paper we explore relationships between corruption perceptions and such characteristics as the size of shadow … the shadow economy passes 45%, the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ceases to respond to growth of … decrease in the level of corruption perceptions. For these reasons, transitional countries and countries where transition is …

The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using … Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative … variables specific to the Latin American region to test for rent seeking and systemic corruption in the period between 1980 …

interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how rent seeking and corruption within the informal segment … the gap. We identify conditions under which economic reform in the formal segment will increase the rate of corruption or … reforms may increase corruption instead of reducing it, as claimed previously. …

The paper devoted to the research of the corruption offenses in the activity of business entities which are quite a … competition. The purpose of the study is to reveal the distinguishing peculiarities of corruption in business to business … relations and special features of the behavior of the corrupt company employee in the context of corruption influence on the …

The article investigates the causes, essence, and peculiarities of corruption and the shadow economy, as well as how … between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in all Central and Eastern European countries. However, the degree to … which corruption impacts the variation in the levels of the shadow economy differs significantly in countries across the …