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conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption …
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at favoring universalism may provide an effective tool in the fight against corruption …
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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 …
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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 …
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corruption in some societies may persist in part from the self-selection into government institutions of citizens with a higher …
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corruption and decrease the large expenses associated with today's democratic election campaigns. Random mechanisms can be …
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This paper investigates whether elite interconnections contribute to unethical behavior. It aims to present a clear explanation of how these connections are established, analyze the presence of unethical conduct within them, and assess their impact on the economy and societal welfare. This paper...
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We study the form by which corruption is organized between politicians and entrepreneurs. Using a large-scale survey … extent of corruption. Our primary finding is a non-linear relationship between corruption and political horizons …. Specifically, corruption is more intense over long and short political horizons, and less intense over intermediate ones. We …
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We analyze a model of wage delay in which strategic complementarity arises because each employer’s costs of violating its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification through fixed...
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Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …
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