The importance of financial market reforms in combating corruption has been highlighted in the theoretical literature … both linear and non-monotonic forms of the relationship between corruption and financial intermediation. Our study finds a … negative and statistically significant impact of financial intermediation on corruption. Specifically, the results imply that a …

corruption. This study contributes to this literature by analyzing theoretically and empirically the role of the military in … politics and corruption for the first time. By drawing on a cross sectional and panel data set covering a large number of … positive relationship between the military in politics and corruption. In sum, our results reveal that a one standard deviation …

The effects of electoral systems on corruption have been widely studied in economic and political literature. However … that the degree of proportionality of the electoral system has a direct and indirect impact on corruption, via the degree … years, show that both the direct and the indirect effects are relevant in explaining corruption. As the electoral system …

Economic and political literature widely studied the effects of electoral system on corruption. But very little … proportionality degree of the electoral system impacts political corruption directly and in a conditional way: through the degree of … that both the direct and the indirect effect matter in explaining corruption. As the electoral system becomes more …

Using a panel data set for 146 countries over the period 1984~2007, this study contributes in the area of trade-corruption … linkages by highlighting the non-monotonic relationship between trade and corruption and significance of complementary policy … reforms in shaping the link. Findings of the study suggest that trade increases corruption in a linear specification while its …

conjuntamente cointegradas ni están relacionadas linealmente; hay un eslabón perdido. Abstract: Corruption is defined as "the abuse … of public authority or trust for private benefit." However, this paper argues that this definition frames corruption as a … corruption from Freedom House and Transparency International, this study concludes that corruption is not related to economic …

Perceived corruption in the public sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of … Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes around 100 democracies over the period 2012-2016, a sample for which the CPI is … than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is …

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption’s predominantly negative effects have arisen to …’s aim to provide a reassessment and a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and its …