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We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client's decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...
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reduce corruption. Overall, the judiciary and the police are by far the most corrupt institutions …
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In this paper, I examine the role of household income in determining who bribes and how much they bribe in health care in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care: doubling household consumption increases the bribery...
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Government intervention to correct market failures is often accompanied by government failures and corruption. This is …. However, the impact of corruption on the public provision of social services has not been analyzed. This paper reviews the … relevant theoretical models and users' perceptions of corruption in the public provision of social services. It then provides …
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Corruption is usually viewed as an impediment to investment and growth. However, China's experience suggests that the … development. But since the start of a far-reaching anti-corruption war, they have stopped doing their job and as a consequence …, investment is delayed and the economy takes a hit. This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public …
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the dependent variable. Organized crime is also found to cause episodes of corruption in the public administration. A …
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Corruption has challenged the legitimacy of political institutions that exist today and has led to political unrest in … corruption in Kenya. This paper delves into corruption and its effect on the economy and the evolution of anti-corruption …
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"corruption". Such analytical distinction helps us in understanding how redistributive politics can adversely affect the quality … associated with a higher degree of corruption but somewhat lower magnitude of "redistributive politics". We build up a political … choice model where corruption and redistribution are treated as substitutes in the political strategy space. Our paper is …
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least favorable to them and that are often associated with “grand corruption”: when corrupt actors are few and politically … Colombian School Meals Program. Nevertheless, informal audits and text messages to parents appear to curb corruption in the …
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