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An Extension to the Theory of Corruption and the Size of the Public Sector as a Cause of Corruption

Anura Kumara, U.; Herath, Tikiri - 2019

collective behavioural patterns of public authorities need to be captured by the theory of corruption. Moreover, empirical …Corruption is still problematic in many countries including Sri Lanka. Up to now, thirteen theories of corruption have … in the same hierarchy or in different hierarchies get together and collectively engage in corruption. As such, these …

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Favoritism in the Public Provision of Goods in Developing Countries

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2004

queuing theory to first show that when allocating goods publically, a case can be made for favoring a particular group of …

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Favoritism in the Public Provision of Goods in Developing Countries

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2007

queuing theory to first demonstrate that when allocating goods publically, a case can be made for favoring a particular group …

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Identifying corruption and public sector risks

Terziev, Venelin; Ivanov, Ivan - 2022

Risk assessment goes through different stages, with risk assessment of individual elements being performed. The assessment is a method of identifying areas, conditions or events with a potentially high level of risk. In order to determine the amount of risk that can be taken or that is...

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Corruption, governmental activities, and markets

Tanzi, Vito - 1994

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Corruption, Bribery, and Wait Times in the Public Allocation of Goods in Developing Countries

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Yoo, Seung Jick - 2014

What are the nexuses between corruption, bribery, and wait times in the public allocation of goods in developing … countries? This question has received scant attention in the literature. Consequently, we use queuing theory to analyze models … in which a good is allocated publically, first in a non-preemptive corruption regime and then in a preemptive corruption …

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Corruption, growth, and the environment : a cross-country analysis

Welsch, Heinz - 2003

-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given … corruption on pollution. The indirect effect via income is positive or negative depending on the income level. If negative, the … corruption. Because this relationship is particularly strong at low income levels, developing countries can considerably improve …

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Incentives and workers' motivation in the public sector

Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006

Civil servants have a reputation for being lazy. However, people's personal experiences with civil servants frequently run counter to this stereotype. We develop a model of an economy in which workers differ in laziness and in public service motivation, and characterise optimal incentive...

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Public Sector Efficiency and Fiscal Austerity

Ul Haque, Nadeem - 2006

This paper uses a simple model to analyze the forces that determine the size of the public sector and the quality of workers employed in that sector. Workers are heterogeneous, and the public sector chooses an employment strategy that maximizes a social welfare function U(s, Y) that depends on...

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Connecting Social Provisioning and Functional Finance in a Post-Keynesian – Institutional Analysis of the Public Sector

Todorova, Zdravka - 2013

a post-Keynesian – Institutionalist theory of the public sector that emerges out of these linkages. The concept of …

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