Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses metaanalysis techniques to systematically … evaluate the evidence addressing this question. It uses a data set comprising 460 estimates of the effect of corruption on … for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption), authors' affiliation …

-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given … corruption on pollution. The indirect effect via income is positive or negative depending on the income level. If negative, the … corruption. Because this relationship is particularly strong at low income levels, developing countries can considerably improve …

Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses meta-analysis techniques to … corruption on growth from 41 empirical studies. The main factors explaining the variation in these estimates are whether the … model accounts for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption), authors …

We propose "Entertainment and Travel Costs" (ETC) expenditures as a measure of corruption in Chinese firms. These …

Prevailing work argues that foreign investment reduces corruption, either by competing down monopoly rents or diffusing … openness to foreign investment has differential effects on corruption even within the same country and under the same domestic …

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between institutional quality, corruption level, and economic development …. The methodology makes use of cross-national data developed by the World Bank on perceived levels of corruption … investigate the impact of both institutional framework quality and corruption on economic development. A significant addition to …

protection (with corruption as an element), access to finance and infrastructure, and the existence of a strong agglomeration …

reduce corruption. Overall, the judiciary and the police are by far the most corrupt institutions …