The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level … empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corruption. Furthermore, the present literature has not investigated the … effects of political interest on corruption despite the interesting potential of this link. We address these deficiencies by …

Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use … longitudinal data on audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico to answer this question. We find that corruption is lower in … municipalities audited before an election. However, these municipalities do not exhibit decreased levels of corruption in subsequent …

conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption …

This paper examines the issue of controlling fiscal corruption by providing incentives to fiscal officers. First, a … case study of a successful attack on corruption is presented that shows the importance of attending to the conditions of … consistency with optimization behavior. It confirms that simply providing bonuses is not enough. Corruption at higher levels of …

at favoring universalism may provide an effective tool in the fight against corruption …

The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level … empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corruption. Furthermore, the present literature has not investigated the … effects of political interest on corruption despite the interesting potential of this link. We address these deficiencies by …

Economic and rent-seeking outcomes are determined jointly in a dynamic general equilibrium model of corruption, public … responsible for providing public goods, which contribute to productive efficiency. Corruption arises because of an opportunity for …. The model produces multiple development regimes, which yield different predictions about corruption, public spending and …

An economy is considered where a possibility to seek rents (a particular case of this activity is corruption) exists … low corruption the direct law enforcement is beneficial for growth, and reduces the shadow sector. However, in the highly … corrupt economy, combating the shadow economy reduces output and increases corruption, while combating corruption reduces the …

This review attempts to identify treatments of corruption that draw upon characteristics of underdevelopment either as … causes or as consequences. It focuses on three aspects of corruption in developing economies: red tape, rent-seeking, and the … the structure of corruption markets …