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 … use bribes to enter protected sectors in search of rents. Thus, we expect variation in bribe propensity across sectors …

corruption increases along with risks associated with anti-bribery laws. This article examines recent developments related to the …

corruption increases along with the increased risks associated with anti-bribery laws. Companies who employ citizens of the … modernize and simplify the current anti-bribery restrictions in the United Kingdom. At its core, the U.K. Bribery Act creates …; and (4) the failure of a commercial organization to prevent bribery. We begin with a brief discussion of the international …

foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption. The prevailing literature has produced confused and contradictory results on … this vital relationship due to errors in their measurement of corruption which are correlated with FDI inflows. When a less … procedures in Vietnam. The prevalence of corruption, however, is not associated with inflows of FDI. On the contrary, one measure …

relationship in selected countries between level of corruption and economic activity, using data obtained from the Organization of …: (1) bribery, (2) corporate fraud, (3) cartels, and (4) corruption in supply chains and transnational transactions …The relationship between corruption and economic activity is a complex one. The purpose of this study is to examine the …

We model the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the level of corruption in multinational firms …' (MCNs') home and host countries. There are two effects of corruption. The first is that host-country corruption reduces FDI … countries with similar corruption levels. We test the model using bilateral FDI flows and find that both effects are …

This paper empirically investigates the influence of corruption, bureaucratic quality and government stability on … inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to major SAARC nations including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka over the … period of 1985-2008. Owing to the long-term relationship with the host, absence of corruption and bureaucratic interventions …

Corruption has a negative impact on foreign direct investment (FDI). However, transition economies show high levels of … corruption and also high levels of FDI. I argue that it is not the level but rather the type of corruption that affects FDI in … transition economies. Pervasive corruption, or corruption that is widely present, acts as a deterrent to FDI because it increases …

We analyse the effect of corruption on FDI. Using FDI outflows from a sample of East European transition economies that … the inertia of past investments. Our model separates the effects of corruption on FDI location decisions and on the amount … that country. The relationship between home country corruption and FDI is non-monotonic, with an inverse U shape where both …

) labour, environmental, human rights and anti-corruption considerations are referred to in investment treaties and investor …