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Clean or “Dirty” Energy: Evidence on a Renewable Energy Resource Curse
Gennaioli, Caterina; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
potential scope for rent seeking and corruption. The insights of a model of political influence by interest groups are tested …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320990
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Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa
Vicente, Pedro C. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
corruption. We argue that an anticipated oil boom may increase corruption by boosting the value attributed by an elite to being …-designed household surveys on perceived corruption in the public services/sector. These were carried out in Sao Tome and Principe and in … corruption has occurred in Sao Tome and Principe in recent years, ranging from 21 to 38% of the subjective scale. Consistently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005047735
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Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa
Vicente, Pedro C. - 2006
corruption. We argue that an anticipated oil boom may increase corruption by boosting the value attributed by an elite to being …-designed household surveys on perceived corruption in the public services/sector. These were carried out in São Tomé and Príncipe and in … corruption has occurred in São Tomé and Príncipe in recent years, ranging from 21 to 38% of the subjective scale. Consistently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061733
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Determinants of corruption : can we put all countries in the same basket?
Gnimassoun, Blaise; Massil, Joseph Keneck - In: European journal of comparative economics 16 (2019) 2, pp. 239-276
This paper aims to study the determinants of corruption by examining specificities relating to the region and the level … (BMA) approach to address the issue of model uncertainty and identify the key determinants of corruption according to the … level of development and the region. Our results highlight the need for specific remedies in the fight against corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012259814
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God does not play dice, but people should : random selection in politics, science and society
Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - 2014
corruption and decrease the large expenses associated with today's democratic election campaigns. Random mechanisms can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359999
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Potterian economics
Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2017 - Last Revision: January 20, 2017
Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588398
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Potterian economics
Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2017 - Last revision: January 20, 2017
Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590696
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Are Wind Turbines a Mafia Windfall? The Unintended Consequences of Green Incentives
Deiana, Claudio; Geraci, Andrea - 2021
Over the past decades, national and supranational governments have amply incentivized wind farm power production. In this paper, we reconstruct investments in the wind sector over twenty years of national support schemes in Italy, and we uncover unintended consequences of wind incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013245482
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Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industries
Marcolongo, Giovanna; Zambiasi, Diego - 2022
of offshore entities as an indicator of corruption risk. We find that the number of new shell companies increases by 11 … the award of an exploration licence increases the risk of corruption. Consistent with rent-maximising behaviour, this … association is stronger when the price of oil increases. Our work informs the fight against corruption, proposing greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816280
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Democracy, property rights, income equality, and corruption
Dong, Bin; Torgler, Benno - 2011
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 … prediction. Moreover, the effect of democratization on corruption depends on the protection of property rights and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279523