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Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …
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In this paper is realised an evaluation of a series of aspects concerning the corruption phenomenon. Thus, using … information obtained at a sample level is evaluated the level of corruption on the ensemble of economy, but also on some domains … of activity. Also, are equally evaluated a number of factors that contribute to the corruption maintenance at higher …
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Under what circumstances does corruption cause inefficiencies, and when are bribes merely a transfer? I propose a … modified monopoly price discrimination model showing how corruption may lead to an increased administrative burden in firm …’s predictions I find that corruption leads to increased administrative burden when government officials have less information about …
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This study focuses on institutional choices in fighting against corruption. The article first compares and contrasts … two institutional options in organizing the struggle against corruption: a single, powerful organization versus … performances of the fight against corruption in twenty-five countries (including Turkey) are examined with the help of the data …
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This paper analyzes "Influence Peddling" with interaction between human capital transfer and collusion-building aspects in a model, in which each government official regulates multiple firms simultaneously. We show that (i) there exists an "optimal" division rule for collusion between a sequence...
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This paper explores the feasibility to extend the Standard Cost Model (SCM) for calculating the costs of government regulation by taking all transaction costs into account which stem from the principal/agent relationship between regulatory authorities and economic entities. From that perspective...
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The application and design of public-private partnerships between the extremes of purely public or purely private task fulfilment in public services is, in practice, subject to political processes. Decisions about PPPs (realisation, arrangement) are taken in the political arena and are therefore...
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Why are coordination problems common when public sector organizations share responsibilities, and what can be done to mitigate such problems? This paper uses a multi-task principal-agent model to examine two related reasons: the incentives to coordinate resource allocation and the difficulties...
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Independent regulatory agencies face increasing pressure to conduct high-quality economicanalysis of regulations, similar to the regulatory impact analysis conducted by executive branchagencies. Such analysis could be required by evolving judicial doctrines, regulatory reformstatutes, or...
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How can public policy best deal with infectious disease? In answering this question, scholarship on the optimal control of infectious disease adopts the model of a benevolent social planner who maximizes social welfare. This approach, which treats the social health planner as a unitary “public...
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