. We use World Bank data for 193 countries in the period 2011-2020 using different econometric techniques i.e., Panel Data …

In this paper, I study how anti-corruption shocks affect Chinese city leaders through political factions or social … investigated for corruption affects the city leaders' economic performances and policy outcomes. I find that college and workplace … evidence supports the explanation that the corruption investigation of officials initiates promotion competition inside the …

In this paper, we argue that the answer to the question of whether the impact of corruption on development is … 22 economies in Sub-Sahara Africa with the most recent dataset (1996-2013) from the World Bank and other reputable … corruption, we are able to point out that institutions play important role in insulating citizens against the devastation caused …

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 …

We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption … variance decomposition analyses to track the response of protests to shocks in the level of corruption. Using annual data from … 1962 to 2019, we find a positive and significant response of protests to a positive shock in the news-based corruption …

The destructive role of institutional quality such as corruption has been considered an important factor for economic …. This research examines the institutional role in controlling corruption within the preview of CO2 emissions-economic growth … nexus for the European Union. The study evaluates the moderating impact of corruption on the relationship between CO2 …

This paper empirically examines the impact of corruption on FDI in European Union countries, including candidate …, we find that corruption has a negative impact on FDI. -- FDI ; Corruption ; Efficient Grease Hypothesis ; OLS …

This paper discusses the possible causes and consequences of corruption. It provides a synthetic review of recent … studies that analyze this phenomenon empirically. In addition, it presents further results on the effects of corruption on … growth and investment, and new cross-country evidence on the link between corruption and the composition of government …

I investigate whether the impact of firm-level corruption on growth varies based on origin of the firm. More … specifically, I examine how corruption in the business environment affects growth for privatized former state-owned enterprises … corruption hampers growth for private firms, but is not detrimental for privatized firms. In fact, some evidences suggest that …

Corruption is often cited as a fundamental obstacle to economic development, making anticorruption initiatives an … important policy objective. However, there is little convincing empiricalevidence concerning the benefits of anti-corruption … reform. We fill this gap by identifying a set ofcountries that experienced a sustained increase in corruption control and …