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continents – the USA, Brazil, Germany and China. The authors use the Human Beliefs and Values Survey data to examine several …
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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. …
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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 …
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dimensions, is broadly consistent with the greasing effects of corruption. While the study uses data from a single nation that is …
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In this contribution to a symposium sponsored by the Michigan State University Journal of International Law, the author argues that predominantly evolutionary Soviet transition to the Rule of Law (initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev's ‘Perestroika' at the end of the 1980s) was derailed by...
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We use high-quality panel data on corruption convictions, new panels of assistant U.S. attorneys and relative public … greater prosecutor resources result in more convictions for corruption, other things equal. We find more limited, recent … previously identified correlates and causes of corruption. By explicitly determining the allocation of prosecutorial resources …
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This study compares the views on bribe taking of sample populations in the USA, Canada and Mexico. More than a dozen demographic variables are also examined to determine whether differences exist between or among subgroups. The survey found that most demographic variables showed significant...
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This study examined the changing attitudes in the United States on the ethics of accepting a bribe. The study used data gathered as part of the Human Values surveys for 1981 and 2006 in the United States. The study found that opposition to bribery declined over time. Several demographic...
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especially on the nexus between convictions for corruption and for insurance fraud. Results show that corruption convictions tend … to crowd out insurance fraud convictions -- i.e., increases in convictions for corruption result in lower fraud … corruption and insurance fraud. Policy implications are discussed …
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The authors distributed a survey instrument to university students in Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the United States to determine their views on the ethics of tax evasion. Participants were asked to indicate the extent of their agreement or disagreement with each...
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