Corruption is often a source of contentious debate, covering different areas of knowledge, such as philosophy and … sociology. In this paper we assess the effects of corruption on economic activity and highlight the relevance of the size of the … 2019. We find an adverse effect of corruption on the level and growth of GDP per capita, but that large governments benefit …

This research examines the influence of government decentralization on corruption in the United States. Previous … terms of the scope of services offered and the population served — has a bearing on corruption. Results show that government … decentralization does not necessarily reduce corruption — the type of decentralization matters. Specifically, more general …

the G-20, the group of countries accounting for 85 percent of the world economy, have recognized corruption as a global …Corruption as form of economic crime is a global security issue and has finally been recognized as a first …-tier international security challenge closely related to economic and social development. Many view corruption as a “victimless” crime …

Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …

of Macroeconomics and Growth, Development Research Group; and Governance, Regulation, and Finance, World Bank Institute …

levels of public corruption and of effective governance taking place across nations. The first section develops a principal … Kaufmann et al. (1999a); a panel data set for the period 1980-95 and about 100 nations on corruption and bureaucratic quality … based on experts` rankings; and corruption data for the cross-section of US states in the period 1977-95 …