This paper relates unique data on criminal records of local politicians in India to corruption, crime and poverty … corruption, but rather that corruption is underestimated if only measured by bribe-taking without taking into account political …, increase by 25 percent. Moreover, the urban headcount ratio, the welfare of those not connected with politicians, increases by …

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 …

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 …

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 bene- ficial 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 …

I examine the causal relation between social capital and corruption. A simple model illustrates potential mechanisms … capital on corruption is found to be robust to the inclusion of a number of other variables and supplementing the sample with …, which in turn reduces corruption. …

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

predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers …

This paper analyzes how corruption affects the composition of public expenditures. First, a two-stage rent …-seeking model with endogenous rent-setting is derived that captures both "political corruption" and "bureaucratic corruption". The … levels of corruption. The significance of these distortions is robust to a variety of specifications such as fixed effects …

predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers …

Empirical evidence suggests that natural resources breed corruption and reduce educational attainments, dampening … either through human capital or corruption. In this paper, we argue that education and corruption are jointly determined and …