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Kleptocracy and divide-and-rule : a model of personal rule
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001796962
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How corruption in government affects public welfare : a review of theories
Lambsdorff, Johann - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001585572
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Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule : A Model of Personal Rule
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Many developing countries have suffered under the personal rule of kleptocrats', who implement highly inefficient economic policies, expropriate the wealth of their citizens, and use the proceeds for their own glorification or consumption. We argue that the success of kleptocrats rests, in part,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240570
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Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule : A Model of Personal Rule
Acemoglu, Daron - 2003
Many developing countries have suffered under the personal rule of kleptocrats', who implement highly inefficient economic policies, expropriate the wealth of their citizens, and use the proceeds for their own glorification or consumption. We argue that the success of kleptocrats rests, in part,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468558
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Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule : A Model of Personal Rule
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - 2003
Many developing countries have suffered under the personal rule of "kleptocrats", who implement highly inefficient economic policies, expropriate the wealth of their citizens, and use the proceeds for their own glorification or consumption. We argue that the success of kleptocrats rests, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074390
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Corruption and the efficiency of capital investment in developing countries
O'Toole, Conor M.; Tarp, Finn - 2012
This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319956
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Corruption, judicial accountability and inequality : unfair procedures may benefit the worst-off
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2019
We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and … investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial … accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption inequality. The study shows that corruption is negatively, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137555
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Delegation and recruitment in organizations : the slippery slope to "bad" leadership
Çakır, Selcen; Matakos, Konstantinos; Tukiainen, Janne - 2022
We construct a dynamic model of two-sided sorting in labor markets with multi-dimensional agent and firm heterogeneity. We apply it to study optimal party structure and the decision of how (de)centralized candidate recruitment should be. Parties are non-unitary actors and compete at the local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229853
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Herding, rent-seeking taxpayers, and endemic corruption
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022
In an environment with extensive corruption where much of the population evades paying their full taxes due, we tackle … average of expected social welfare, their own interests, and investment in better tax administration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013469619
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Political and Judicial Checks on Corruption: Evidence from American State Governments
Alt, James E.; Dreyer Lassen, David - 2005
The paper investigates the effects of checks and balances on corruption. Within a presidential system, effective … government and elected, rather than appointed, state supreme court judges are associated with lower corruption and, furthermore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320920