institutional framework. We analyze the interaction between aggregate efficiency, corruption, and other dimensions of governance for … of governance, we observe that corruption is consistently detrimental in countries where institutions are effective, but …This paper tests whether corruption may act as an efficient grease for the wheels of an otherwise deficient …

Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries … either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption - the 'East Asian … of political institutions in mediating the corruption-growth relationship using panel data over one hundred countries for …

Governance Efficiency increases at a slower pace than the increase of public sector. Second, that Governance Efficiency has a …

This paper examines whether corruption can be an efficiency enhancing adaptation to poor institutional environments …. Prior research on this question has not taken into account the heterogeneity of corruption or the possibility that petty … bureaucratic corruption in the form of bribery may grease the wheels of an economy at the same time that grand political corruption …

In this paper, we analyze the interaction between corruption, taxation and economic growth. Our contributions are … twofold. Theoretically, in an endogenous growth model, we introduce corruption in two different ways: corruption in the public … expenditure and corruption in the public revenue. We show two opposing effects. Under certain conditions, corruption can affect …