Adequate wages are an important tool to shield public officials from special interests and corruption. But what is the …-paid officials' lower likelihood of catering to criminal interests. In particular, we show that better-paid politicians are … significantly more likely to prevent corruption in public procurement, a key area of illicit interactions between the state and …

corruption when politicians otherwise perform well in office, delivering public goods to their constituents. We test these …What explains persistent political corruption in many young democracies? Focusing on the effects of corruption on … individual-level attitudes, we present two hypotheses for why citizens might be willing to cast ballots for corrupt politicians …

, this Chapter seeks to understand corruption through the lens of political economy – particularly in terms of the political … view of corruption for anti-corruption policies. …