petty corruption where small amounts of bribes are involved and detection rate is rather low. To abstract from confounding … every period. Independent of the treatments we already find high rates of corruption in very early periods. Risk attitudes … measured with a subsequent lottery-choice experiment do not correlate with the behavior observed in the corruption experiment …

increases current social capital and trust and reduces corruption in several public services. Past formal institutions can leave …

one of the most potent measures against corruption although it lacks any theoretical or empirical justification. We show …

This paper focuses on how corruption affects an important internationalization behavior of firms: the extent of control … most relevant, due to its broad effect on the economy, is corruption. Corruption can be thought of as anything that … specifically in the realm of M&A (see Weitzel and Berns, 2006). Although the level of corruption of the host countries is expected …

In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even they have democratic political … corruption levels. Our model based on the fact that corrupt officials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative positions. In a … probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead more corruption as more voters are part of the …

This paper presents an analysis of bureaucratic corruption, income inequality and economic development. The analysis is … redistributive programme of taxes and subsidies designed to benefit the poor. Corruption is reflected in bribery and tax evasion as … model predicts a positive relationship between corruption and inequality, and a negative relationship between corruption and …

be compromised by corruption. Our analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model of a small economy in which … growth is driven by capital accumulation and public policy is administered by government- appointed bureaucrats. Corruption … follows: (1) corruption is always bad for economic development, but its effect is worse if the economy is open than if it is …

In this paper we reexamine the link between gender inequality and corruption. We review the literature on the … relationship between representation of women in economic and political life, democracy and corruption, and bring in a new … gender inequality. Using a sample of developing countries we regress corruption on the representation of women, democracy and …