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 …

dimensions, is broadly consistent with the greasing effects of corruption. While the study uses data from a single nation that is …

This paper offers a new theory of the corruption-shadow economy relationship: one that defines it as either collusive … – i.e., crony – or non-collusive. Using new estimates of state-level shadow economy size, and data on corruption … entrepreneurship scores from Wiseman and Young (2014). Findings suggest that corruption and shadow economy size are positively related …

whistleblower laws and provisions, focusing on the United States. Placing the analysis within the larger corruption literature, our … results show that greater whistleblower awareness results in more observed corruption and this holds across specifications …. Internet awareness of whistleblower laws appears to be more effective at exposing corruption than the quantity and quality of …

dimensions, is broadly consistent with the greasing effects of corruption. While the study uses data from a single nation that is …