leading people by family ties, while corruption is a permanent risk for the economic system, but also for the country's legal … system. The purpose of this paper is to analyze nepotism, effects of nepotism, and to analyze the impact of corruption on the …

I examine the relationship between democracy and the perceived risk of corruption in a panel of 130 countries. My panel … corruption. My main finding is that democracy significantly reduces the risk of corruption, but only in countries where ethnic … corruption. One explanation for these findings is that the corruption-reducing effect of greater accountability of politicians …

and control of corruption in the Eurozone. The analysis covers the entire Eurozone and subgroups of countries from 2002 to … control of corruption in the Eurozone. The Great Recession has had a significant impact on the relationship between control of … corruption and income per capita, leading to a disconnection between the two variables after 2008, except for Eastern countries …