The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index is a composite index with a focus on cross …

Corruption defined as the misuse of public power for personal gains is a forefront issue around the world, especially … in developing countries. This paper mainly assumes that corruption has negative effects on government revenues both in … results, in general, confirm the hypotheses we assume except for those associate corruption with income tax revenues (INCTR …

Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, numerous scholars have found empirically that corruption … democracy affect costs and benefits of engaging in corruption and, therefore, the level of corruption overall. Whereas other … studies examine only how democratic accountability imposes costs on those engaging in corruption and thus illuminate only the …

This study contributes to the understanding of the causal relationship between gang culture, criminality and corruption … in Nigeria universities where both criminality and corruption are very high complementary variables. Writers on gang … criminality and corruption. This study adopts the time-series models of Granger (1969) to investigate and explain the causal …

In this paper we look at the impact of broad policy reforms on the levels of corruption. We use a structural break … approach to identify country specific time periods in which significant shifts in corruption levels take place. We then … equity market liberalization. We find robust support for the hypothesis that episodes of reduction in corruption levels tend …