from 1970 - 2013, taking into account structural breaks. To better reflect causality, corruption and trade are included as … causal direction. Our estimation results suggest GDP growth has one cointegrating vector relationship with corruption, EU aid … to GDP growth and a short-run unidirectional causal relationship from trade to GDP growth. Corruption (which is a …

consideration needs to be done also on the effect of the state size on the economics, governance and public management, among others … modelling and governance. The existing economic literature has occasionally stressed the relations between the size of the state … governance has also been emerging issue. This study would like to integrate both approaches. The empirical research utilizes …

Reducing corruption is one of the world’s many challenges. The fight against corruption is often discouraging. Yet …, Europe continues to advance its anti-corruption initiatives. While the fight against has seen some victories, significant … gains are few, especially in the Central and South European countries, where corruption is deeply rooted in the ordinary …

Corruption stands as one of the many obstacles to the political and economic security of the Eastern European region … European Union need to fight corruption collectively and individually. The task is difficult, but hope is justified because the … causes of corruption in this part of the region are similar and anti-corruption expertise is available. We believe that a …

Does good governance matter for exporting to the highly competitive markets of developed countries, especially those … committed to a developmental mission centered on promoting good governance? This paper is investigating this research question … from Arab countries and whether governance indicators provide a good explanatory framework. The research question is then …

funds are withdrawn in the short term). This study introduces a new perspective on the role of corruption in investment … growth and provides quantitative estimates of the impact of corruption on the investment inflows. Motivated by these issues …, the main objective of this article is to empirically reexamine the effects of corruption on foreign direct investment (FDI …

The article presents a study of the corruption perception and the involvement of SMEs in corruption practices. The main … goal of the paper is to provide an analysis of corruption perception of the SMEs representatives, its parts and research … methodology to provide an adequate picture and analysis of corruption of the Kazakhstan. For obtaining a comparative picture, we …

turning point dependence on government effectiveness. However, effective governance is not enough to avoid the negative debt …