perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption …/or have fewer competitors have more political influence, perceive corruption to be less of a problem and pay bribes less often …

The activity of lobbying in an economy is one which has numerous societal costs and benefits. The most significant … developed by her of economic growth and development to analyse the entire process of lobbying in terms of its total socio …

this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall …Corruption is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, causal evidence on the effects of corruption is still lacking. In …

Using the results of a pre-registered online experiment, this paper examines how information about a corruption in a … group can affect intergroup relations. Corruption indices are not only a valuable tool for investors and policymakers to … region in a trust game. The presence of a regional corruption index led participants to significantly overestimate the degree …

Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries’ public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no “objective” measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

corruption. This study makes use of outcome-equivalent games to examine participants' willingness to engage in these two types of … corruption. The results show people are more likely to undertake bribery than embezzlement, and this is attributed to the joint … decision-making dynamic of bribery, which shapes the responsibility for the outcome of corruption to be shared between the …

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 …

Potential economic benefits of integrity and anti-corruption policies seem large. Nevertheless, much of the existing … paper reviews OECD’s involvement in integrity and anti-corruption agenda as well as available indicators of integrity and … anti-corruption policies and outcomes. It outlines avenues for future analysis that include assessment of public …

corruption. On the one hand, if we assume that the goal of criminals involved in corruption is to minimize the probability of … being detected, then corruption represents a demand for money laundering (trigger effect), while money laundering can serve … as an effective way to clean the revenue from corruption for re-investment (multiplier effect). On the other hand …

Adding to the literature on factors driving corruption and bribery, this paper examines the effect of contestability in …