In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even if they have democratic … high corruption levels. Our model is based on the fact that corrupt offcials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative … positions. In a probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more …

In many developing and transition countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption. This is surprising from a … political economy perspective, as the majority of people in a corrupt country suffer from high corruption levels. Our model is …, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more voters are part of the corrupt system …

Gesellschaft aus? Dieser Frage wird hier aus dem Blickwinkel der Theorie der politischen Ökonomie nachgegangen. Zunächst werden …

limits. We show that both arguments fall short. Contributions within base limits can cause corruption, as a simple theory and …,200 to any candidate, there is no “cognizable risk of corruption”; and aggregate limits do not prevent circumvention of base …. Separate from critiquing the Court, these points lead to a theory about contribution limits: base limits affect the magnitude …

aus? Dieser Frage wird hier aus dem Blickwinkel der Theorie der politischen Ökonomie nachgegangen. Zunächst werden hierfür …