This paper applies the logic of economic calculation to the actions of autocrats. We model autocrats as stationary bandits who use profit and loss calculations to select institutions that maximize their extraction rents. We find in many cases autocrats achieve rent maximization through creating...

By combining data from 1,055 local government leaders who had been required to move with data on 1 million firm land transactions from 2006 to 2016 in China, we find that firms followed their headquarter prefecture politician's move by purchasing 76% more land parcels, with 54.52% lower unit...

This research is a quantitative study which aims to examine the level of corruption in the Indonesian local government with its influencing determinants, namely fiscal decentralization, government internal audit, and law enforcement and natural resources as moderating variables. The population...

The field literature establishes an intrinsic connection between administrative rationalization and economic performance of a state. Dahl (1947) and Simon (1976) conclude that the rational model of administration influences both the governance and corporate bureaucracy. Rationality and...

This paper uses game theoretic approach to analyse whether a bribe giver in case of ‘harassment' bribes needs to be penalized or immunized by law. Various complexities in this issue are addressed by considering three different scenarios: a scenario in which bribe taking official is assumed to...

Since 2004, China's industrial land price has remained constant while other land prices in China have increased to about six times their 2004 levels. This paper measures the degree of industrial land subsidy to a firm using the ratio of the market value of land in the neighborhood to the price...

This study aims to provide a neo-institutional explanation of why South Korea increasingly intends to share its developmental experience with the rest of the world. South Korea's knowledge sharing projects are the leading example of expansionary and self-defining efforts of its aid...

The paper examines the division of tasks required between politicians and bureaucrats to run an effective rural employment guarantee scheme (EGS) in India, in the context of Indian history and habits. There are still weaknesses in the incentive structure of the new nationwide EGS. First, there...

This paper examines the relationship between organizational form and the potential for corruption in two polar opposite cultural settings. We build a theoretical model of a licensing bureaucracy consisting of honest and dishonest officials, and study two types of corruption - collusion, where...

While the role of cultural norms in determining corruption is well-explored in the empirical literature, the relationship between a specific aspect of culture, that is, individualism versus collectivism, and corruption is rather unexplored. This paper investigates the relationship between...