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Offenses of Corruption in the New Criminal Code

MASTACAN, Olivian - In: Jurnalul de Studii Juridice 1-2 (2012) 1, pp. 197-203

The new Criminal Code make significant changes in relation to criminal offenses of corruption. First, the term public …

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Legalization of Bribe Giving when Bribe Type is Endogenous

Oak, Mandar - School of Economics, University of Adelaide - 2013

In a provocative paper, Basu (2011) argues that for a class of bribes, called harassment bribes, legalization of bribe giving will reduce bribery. We examine the applicability of Basu's insight in a realistically complex environment in which the type of the bribe---harassment or...

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Communism or communists? Soviet legacies and corruption in transition economies

Libman, Alexander; Obydenkova, Anastassia - In: Economics Letters 119 (2013) 1, pp. 101-103

The paper investigates the influence of path dependence on corruption in Russian regions. We show that even twenty … higher corruption. …

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Gender Inequality in Social Institutions and Gendered Development Outcomes

Branisa, Boris; Klasen, Stephan; Ziegler, Maria - In: World Development 45 (2013) C, pp. 252-268

(corruption) in developing countries, even when controlling for other socioeconomic and cultural factors. Policies focusing on …

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Aid Tying and Donor Fragmentation

Knack, Stephen; Smets, Lodewijk - In: World Development 44 (2013) C, pp. 63-76

This study analyzes theoretically and empirically the impact of aid fragmentation on donors’ decisions to tie their development aid to purchases from contractors based in their own countries. Building on collective action theory, it argues that a donor with a larger share of the aid market in...

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Social networks and bribery: The case of entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe

Chavis, Larry - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 1, pp. 279-293

Using a survey of new firms in Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, I explore how an entrepreneur’s social networks affect the amount paid in bribes to government officials. Lower levels of bribe payments are associated with ownership by a former manager of a state-owned enterprise (SOE), with being...

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The Balance of Brains: Corruption and High Skilled Migration

ARIU, Andrea; SQUICCIARINI, Pasquamaria - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2013

. Corruption is part of the explanation, acting through two different channels: first, it pushes skilled natives to virtuous …

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The Sound of Silence: Anti-Defamation Law and Political Corruption

Gratton, Gabriele - School of Economics, UNSW Business School - 2013

theoretical foundation to disentangle the effects of media regulation on corruption and clarify under which circumstances … regulation reduces or increases corruption. The analysis shows that libel laws can reduce political corruption only if the moral …

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Corruption and the provision of health care and education services

Gupta, Sanjeev; Davoodi, Hamid; Tiongson, Erwin - In: Annals of Economics and Finance 15 (2014) 2, pp. 759-798

Government intervention to correct market failures is often accompanied by government failures and corruption. This is …. However, the impact of corruption on the public provision of social services has not been analyzed. This paper reviews the … relevant theoretical models and users' perceptions of corruption in the public provision of social services. It then provides …

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The short-run and long-run effects of corruption control and political stability on forest cover

Galinato, Gregmar I.; Galinato, Suzette P. - In: Ecological Economics 89 (2013) C, pp. 153-161

This article examines how governance, particularly corruption control and political stability, affects deforestation … due to agricultural land expansion. We estimate the short-run and long-run effects of corruption control and political … run but an insignificant effect in the long run. In contrast, corruption control has a negative and significant effect on …

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