shapes the relationship between public corruption and the cost of bank loans. We find strong evidence that banks led by CEOs … high local public corruption in the state of the borrowing firms. We find some similar evidence for banks led by CEOs that … as the matching between borrowing firms from states with high corruption and the cultural heritage of bank CEOs, omitted …

This paper demonstrates the effect of country level corruption on illicit behavior of individuals in a foreign country … States from corruption-ridden countries are more likely to be apprehended than individuals from less corrupt countries are. …

techniques highlight the home country's social ills such as corruption, theft and homicide as key determinants. Also included in … host country. These results suggest that chronic socio-economic problems such as corruption, crimes, and poverty in the …

This paper explores the role of the gender equality culture in cross-country gender commuting gap differences. To avoid … inter-relationships between culture, institutions, and economic conditions in a simple cross-country analysis, we adopt the … evidence of the existence of a cultural impact. Our results show that a culture with more gender equality in the country of …

The paper investigates the effects of checks and balances on corruption. Within a presidential system, effective … government and elected, rather than appointed, state supreme court judges are associated with lower corruption and, furthermore …