, the paper goes beyond previous studies investigating also the impact of geographic identification, corruption and … globalization. We find that a higher level of (perceived) corruption reduces the trust in the UN in developed countries, but …

In this paper we propose an answer for the question: why, sometimes, people don´t perceive corruption as a crime? To …

We study the degree of corruption in a hierarchical model of government. In particular, we explore the question of … whether adding a layer of government simply increases the total amount of corruption or generates an organizational efficiency … (via a principal-agent relationship between levels of government) that reduces the total amount of corruption. …

The goal of this paper is to propose a simple paradigm for understanding rent seeking and corruption in the growth … economy is shown to fall into a trap of high rent seeking/corruption and low growth. Agents' perceptions about the external … rent seeking/corruption. Finally, our paradigm yields insights into the relationship of R&D, politicoeconomic equilibrium …

’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The … corruption is close to one third of that exercised by the level of development. Some cautious policy conclusions are derived. …

ILLUSTRATE THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES, CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA; AS WELL AS PROPOSING ANTI-CORRUPTION …