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Is Corruption in China 'Out of Control'? A Comparison with the U.S. In Historical Perspective
Ramirez, Carlos D. - 2012
This paper compares corruption in China over the past 15 years with corruption in the U.S. between 1870 and 1930 …, periods that are roughly comparable in terms of real income per capita. Corruption indicators for both countries and both … periods are constructed by tracking corruption news in prominent U.S. newspapers. Several robustness checks confirm the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097049
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The Ethics of Accepting a Bribe : An Empirical Study of Opinion in the USA, Brazil, Germany and China
Hernandez, Teresa - 2014
This paper presents the results of an empirical study of attitudes toward bribe taking in the largest economies on four continents – the USA, Brazil, Germany and China. The authors use the Human Beliefs and Values Survey data to examine several demographic variables, including gender, age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055212
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Do higher government wages reduce corruption? : evidence based on a novel dataset
Le, Van-ha; Haan, Jakob de; Dietzenbacher, Erik - 2013
policy and corruption. Our dataset, as derived from national household or labor surveys, is more reliable than the data on … government wages as used in previous research. When the relationship between government wages and corruption is modeled to vary … with the level of income, we find that the impact of government wages on corruption is strong at relatively low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743717
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Corruption, income inequality, and poverty in the United States
Dincer, Oguzhan C.; Gunalp, Burak - 2008
In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … literature in four ways. First, instead of using corruption indices assembled by various investment risk services, we use an … objective measure of corruption: the number of public officials convicted in a state for crimes related to corruption. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008772371
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Corruption, Income Inequality, and Poverty in the United States
Dincer, Oguzhan C. - 2014
In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … literature in four ways. First, instead of using corruption indices assembled by various investment risk services, we use an … objective measure of corruption: the number of public officials convicted in a state for crimes related to corruption. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708855
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The accident externality from trucking
Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.; Staubli, Stefan; Chu, Ziyan - 2017
The presence of a heavy truck on the road can impose an externality if accidents occur that would not have otherwise. We find each additional truck on the road increases the risk of a truck accident – but also, at an even higher rate, the risk of a car-on-car collision. Our estimates imply two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731933
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The growing gap in pedestrian and cyclist fatality rates between the United States and the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands : 1990-2018
Buehler, Ralph; Pucher, John - In: Transport reviews : a transnational transdisciplinary … 41 (2021) 1, pp. 48-72
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424859
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Macroeconomic fluctuations and motorcycle fatalities in the U.S.
French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin - In: Social Science & Medicine 104 (2014) C, pp. 187-193
The effects of business cycles on health outcomes in general, and on traffic fatalities in particular, have received much attention recently. In this paper, we focus on motorcycle safety and examine the impact of changing levels of economic activity on fatal crashes by motorcyclists in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010753078
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Highways and pedestrian deaths in US neighborhoods
Nehiba, Cody; Tyndall, Justin - In: Regional science & urban economics 102 (2023), pp. 1-14
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466992
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Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Motorcycle Fatalities in the U.S.
French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin G. - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2013
The effects of business cycles on health outcomes in general, and on traffic fatalities in particular, have received much attention recently. In this paper, we focus on motorcycle safety and examine the impact of changing levels of economic activity on fatal crashes by motorcyclists in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705470