Similar Search Results

Arms, corruption, and the state : understanding the role of arms trade corruption in power politics

Perlo-Freeman, Samuel - In: The Economics of peace and security journal : Eps journal 13 (2018) 2, pp. 37-46

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011963255

The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine and other Central and Eastern European countries

Cherviakova, Valentyna; Cherviakova, Tetiana - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 7-30

The article investigates the causes, essence, and peculiarities of corruption and the shadow economy, as well as how … between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in all Central and Eastern European countries. However, the degree to … which corruption impacts the variation in the levels of the shadow economy differs significantly in countries across the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419309

Is One of the 'Peace Dividends' Negative? Military Expenditure & Economic Growth in the Wealthy OECD Countries

Landau, Daniel - 1998

This paper studies the effect of military spending--milex--oneconomic growth in the wealthy OECD countries. The hypothesis is that increased milex will have a non-linear effect with higher milex associated with faster growth at low levels and slower growth at higher levels. The regression...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014117488

India Needs a Military Industrial Complex : Economic and Defence Imperatives for a Resurgent India

Jha, Raghbendra; Sharma, Ashok - 2023

This paper reviews the sluggishness of manufacturing sector growth in India in comparative and historical perspective and argues that without accelerated growth in this sector India’s industrial transition will be incomplete. We argue that, India faces multi-faceted threats to its security,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344255

The Causal Relationship between Military Spending and Unemployment in the EU15

Sanso-Navarro, Marcos - 2015

This paper analyses the possible presence of Granger causality between military spending and unemployment rates in the EU15 countries. The panel bootstrap test applied allows us to control for both the presence of cross-country heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence. Considering two...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030323

Delegation and rewards

Vetter, Stefan Wilhelm - 2012 - This version: 29 March 2012

We study experimentally whether anti-corruption policies with a focus on bribery might be insufficient to uncover more … between a decision-maker and a lobbying party serves as a legal substitute for corruption. Due to the obvious lack of field …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571021

Delegation and rewards

Vetter, Stefan - 2012

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009526172

Clean money in a dirty system : relationship networks and land rezoning in Queensland

Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul - 2015

We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516454

Law enforcement, municipal budgets and spillover effects : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Italy

Galletta, Sergio - 2016

enforcement against corruption and organized crime in local governments. Specifically, I take advantage of an Italian law that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415917

Social capital and crises with an application to Iceland

Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2015

Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288794