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This study examines how bribery influences bank debt ratios for a large sample of firms in 14 transition countries. We combine information on bribery practices from the BEEPS survey with firm-level accounting data from the Amadeus database. Bribery is measured by the frequency of extra...
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The adverse effect of corruption has been widely investigated in literature. Corruption is said to hamper both economic … and human development. A foe of transparency and ethical business ambiance, corruption promotes a trans-lucid accounting … contributes to the research literature regarding corruption and government accountability, by developing a new index measure of …
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today: too little focus on developing honesty and fidelity to ones principles (including intolerance towards corruption) as …
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Corruption is widely believed to be detrimental to economic performance. However, little empirical evidence has been … corruption on education both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. The cross - country regression analysis shows a … strong link between corruption and secondary school enrollment rates, but the relationship between corruption and education …
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Corruption in developing states reduces the effectiveness of foreign aid that is allocated to them, because government … differently. This article argues that the responsiveness of donor states to corruption in recipient states depends on their own … level of corruption: less corrupt donor states allocate more aid to less corrupt recipient states than to corrupt recipients …
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's borrowing member countries to prevent and control corruption, by supporting the design and implementation of policies …
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Purpose – Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across African countries? Why are some … countries more effective at battling corruption than others? To assess these concerns this paper aims to examine the … determinants of corruption control throughout the conditional distribution of the fight against corruption using panel data from 46 …
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In Romania, a lot of practices proper to corruption became widely common and are integrated in a real national … fight against corruption must involve complex actions performed on many areas. Such action must be focused on measures that … reduce the opportunities for corruption and increase the probability of detection and punish the offences. …
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developing countries. Since corruption, an indicator of the general environment, coexists with aid we consider an empirical model … aid given different levels of corruption. We find that accounting for corruption, aid has a negative marginal effect on … happiness – but only in countries where corruption is most rampant. …
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For nearly 20 years, corruption in the health system damages the state budget and health insurance budget. This article … of corruption on the healthcare system, we used global indicators of corruption, but with direct impact on the health … system, including: index of perception of corruption and overall integrity index. …
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