This paper examines the relationship between corruption and the composition of public expenditures. First, I derive a … theoretical model that links the degree of corruption in a country - to be understood as the prevailing culture of corruption - to … corruption. This distortion occurs at the expense of spending categories that do not involve public procurement (social …

Democracy and media freedom have been suggested as useful tools in the fight against political corruption, but so far … corruption-reducing effect of democracy becomes stronger as media freedom increases. Using panel data covering the period 1980 … democracy and media freedom in the fight against corruption is also supported by Indian state level data.  …

Perceptions Index (CPI) provided by Transparency International. Previous literature on corruption in government has focused on low …This paper examines the relation between political corruption and the composition of public spending. A rent …-seeking model is used to describe political rent creation through the composition of public spending. Political corruption is …

corruption. Adverse interactions between politics, business and law enforcement generate obstacles for the rule of law and remain … énergiques dans la lutte contre la corruption. Des interactions indésirables entre la politique, les affaires et l'application de …

Drawing from the literature on the determinants of corruption, this article examines the relationship between … corruption and the nature of state of fragility. Robust empirical evidence shows a correlation between the level of corruption … neither flowing from state fragility to classical corruption nor to extreme corruption. S’enregistrant dans la littérature sur …

This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of corruption and its primary economic and political determinants …. Economic freedom and development are found to lower incidences of corruption. Of notable significance, this study finds … empirical evidence of a non-linear relationship between a country’s level of democracy and corruption. Extreme authoritarian …

’ampleur de la petite corruption ; l'efficience des institutions ; la fiabilité des enquêtes-experts sur la gouvernance ; l …; the “need for the State”, particularly of the poorest; the extent of petty corruption; the reliability of expert surveys …