disruptive creation mechanism or reduce it by stimulating corruption, distorting the markets and deteriorating social capital. We …

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 …

, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs … projects, implying the investment of higher volumes of money. Similarly, higher levels of corruption are associated with larger …

. Second, the use of cash in crime, here especially in corruption, is also econometrically investigated. The influence is …