We investigate whether mining affects local-level corruption in Africa. Several cross-country analyses report that … natural resource production and wealth have adverse effects on political institutions, for instance by increasing corruption …

resource-rich countries, the decision of host governments to expropriate these investments, and the level of corruption. Higher … production. Moreover, resource production leads to high levels of corruption. Our theoretical results are confirmed by … estimations of a simultaneous equation model for 50 resource-rich countries in which we endogenize expropriation risk, corruption …

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 …