A new measure of cross-national corruption is constructed based on the geographic distribution of public officials involved in cross-border corruption cases. A comparison is made between the Public Administration Corruption Index (PACI) and perception-based measures, considers the extent to...

There is a strong correlation between conflict and corruption throughout the world, a problem that is particularly acute in Africa. This paper investigates how reducing conflict through peace and reunification affects petty corruption. We explore a sequence of exogenous peace events following...

Although the research linking social media and corruption is still in infancy, it provides important insights. It has been shown that social media can prove to be an important tool in fighting corruption. At the same time, freedom on the net is under threat in many parts of the world with...

Why is corruption-defined here as the misuse of public office for private gain-perceived to be more widespread in some countries than others? Different theories associate cross-national variation in the extent of corruption with particular historical and cultural traditions, levels of economic...

We address the impact of corruption in a developing economy in the context of an empirically relevant hold-up problem - when a foreign firm sinks an investment to provide infrastructure services. We focus on the structure of the economy's bureaucracy, which can be centralized or decentralized,...

Many variables have been proposed by past studies as significant determinants of corruption. This paper asks whether their estimated impact on corruption is robust to alteration of the conditioning information set. A Global Sensitivity Analysis, based on the E.E. Leamer's Extreme-Bounds Analysis...

We perform a Meta-Regression Analysis (MRA) of the literature on government size and corruption, examining 450 empirical estimates retrieved from 44 primary papers published from 1998 to 2022. We find considerable heterogeneity in the results, mainly depending on whether the paper is published...

This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights protection. Our empirical analysis with...

How well any government functions simply hinges on how good citizens are at making their politicians accountable for their actions. The political control of public officials depends on two factors. First, free and regular elections allow citizens to discipline politicians - the credible threat...

In this paper we explore relationships between corruption perceptions and such characteristics as the size of shadow economy, GDP per capita, well-being, the Happy Planet Index (HPI), and quality of institutions. Special attention is paid to the comparison of transitional economies with...