the same time form an environment that is not favorable to the emergence of corruption …

English Abstract: This paper explains theoretical framework that is applied to the problem of corruption and reveals … of both theoretical frameworks. While the agency theory should examine institutional conditions of corruption and the … method of its enforcement, the rent seeking fails to concretize corrupt action with rules determining how corruption is …

itself, which performs an anti-corruption task - with the payment of illegal contributions, and provide general conditions …

The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level … empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corruption. Furthermore, the present literature has not investigated the … effects of political interest on corruption despite the interesting potential of this link. We address these deficiencies by …

Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use … longitudinal data on audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico to answer this question. We find that corruption is lower in … municipalities audited before an election. However, these municipalities do not exhibit decreased levels of corruption in subsequent …

The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level … empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corruption. Furthermore, the present literature has not investigated the … effects of political interest on corruption despite the interesting potential of this link. We address these deficiencies by …

. In equilibrium, when the level of development is low, firms are more inclined to bend the rule through bribing but they … tend to switch to lobbying when the level of development is sufficiently high. Bribing, however, is associated with hold …

An economy is considered where a possibility to seek rents (a particular case of this activity is corruption) exists … low corruption the direct law enforcement is beneficial for growth, and reduces the shadow sector. However, in the highly … corrupt economy, combating the shadow economy reduces output and increases corruption, while combating corruption reduces the …