The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of corruption and the shadow economy on innovation in the Spanish … regions between 2000 and 2012. For this purpose, we use different proxies to approximate corruption and the shadow economy. We … find evidence that corruption negatively influences innovation according to the results of the estimations. Regarding the …

between prediction accuracy rates, which are obtained by seven different machine learning algorithms and Corruption Perception … Index (CPI) levels. Findings - It has been statistically shown that the indices of countries with low corruption levels are …

Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency - in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …'s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory - that customs agencies …

This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … the involvement of women in society and the absence of corruption. However, once country-fixed effects are acknowledged … corruption by 2.5 index points (scale from zero to ten). Surprisingly, the link between the share of women in the labor force and …

industrialized world. Several scholars argue that corruption is one of the major obstacles to increase tax revenues but focus on … perceived corruption and remain on the macro-level. This study uses mirco-level data from the Afrobarometer survey wave 5 and … thus relates personal corruption experiences to tax morale. The nationally representative survey includes information about …