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Power over prosecutors corrupts politicians : cross country evidence using a new indicator
Aaken, Anne van; Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. -- Corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003864431
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Power Over Prosecutors Corrupts Politicians : Cross Country Evidence Using a New Indicator
van Aaken, Anne - 2008
hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772555
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The independence of prosecutors and government accountability
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2017
of prosecutorial corruption. For police officers, we find that prosecutorial independence is not decisive, but … prosecutorial corruption matters for whether suspected misconduct is likely to be prosecuted. …
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Is separation of powers a remedy for the resource curse? : firm licensing, corruption and mining development in post-war Kosovo
Uberti, Luca J. - In: New political economy 19 (2014) 5, pp. 695-722
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Anatomy of Corruption : An Approach to the Political Economy of Underdevelopment
Alam, M. Shahid - 2015
An examination and critique of the functionalist literature on corruption in the political administration of less …, economic and administrative effects in most LDCs contrast with the facts. No benefits for development from corruption are found …; market corruption, for example, does not appear to improve allocative efficiency. The erosion in a government's capacity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024989
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Judicial independence and economic growth : some proposals regarding the judiciary
Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - In: Democratic constitutional design and public policy : …, (pp. 251-288). 2006
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A positive analysis of the doctrine of separation of powers, or : why do we have an independent judiciary?
Salzberger, Eli M. - In: International review of law and economics 13 (1993) 4, pp. 349-379
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Domestic institutions and the ratification of international agreements in a panel of democracies
Kiesow Cortez, Florian; Gutmann, Jerg - In: Constitutional political economy 28 (2017) 2, pp. 142-166
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Judicial quality in the EU
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2017
Based on data from the EU Justice Scoreboard, we identify a puzzle: National levels of judicial independence (as perceived by the citizens of EU member states) are negatively associated with the presence of formal legislation usually considered as conducive to judicial independence. We try to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668289
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Explaining De Facto Judicial Independence
Voigt, Stefan; Hayo, Bernd - 2007
A high degree of de facto judicial independence (JI) functions as a crucial precondition of governments to credibly commit to legislative decisions, such as respecting private property rights. Thus, de facto JI should improve the allocative efficiency and may therefore contribute positively to...
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