This paper empirically analyzes the joint impact of democracy and press freedom on corruption. Based in the theoretical … literature, we argue that both institutional features are complements rather than substitutes in controlling corruption. Our … 175 countries from 1996 to 2010. The results show that democratic elections only work in controlling corruption, if there …

This paper explores the association between corruption and trade policy. A theoretical framework first explores the … effects of corruption on non-tariff barriers at the political and bureaucratic level. Relying on a panel of indices of … corruption and non-tariff barriers from 1995, 2000 and 2005, estimates show that corruption tends to lead to higher non …

We use matching methods to explore the causal relationship between the control of corruption and press freedom from … 1996-2016. We find strong evidence that corruption reform significantly increases press freedom over both the four-year and … eight-year horizon. However, we find little evidence that reform in press freedom influences the control of corruption …

We use matching methods to explore the causal relationship between the control of corruption and press freedom from … 1996-2016. We find strong evidence that corruption reform significantly increases press freedom over both the four-year and … eight-year horizon. However, we find little evidence that reform in press freedom influences the control of corruption …

How do corruption and the state apparatus interact, and how are they connected to the political and economic dimensions … effect of corruption on state power. Under general assumptions about fat-tailed risk, we show that, if fiscal capacity is … corruption is maintained at such a level that no erosion of state power is tolerated. Comparative statics shows the impacts of …