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 …

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 …

measures to address corruption and improve accountability; however, they can provide little traction on whether the …

I investigate the relation between corruption and the composition of state government spending in the United States …. The analysis reveals that the United States is not immune to the adverse effects of corruption documented in cross …-country studies. Corruption lowers the share of state government spending devoted to higher education, and raises the share of …

This paper investigates the relation between public corruption and the composition of state government expenditures in … the United States. The results suggest that the United States is not immune to the adverse effects of corruption that have … been documented using country-level expenditure data. In particular, I find that corruption reduces the share of spending …