This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …

The article investigates the causes, essence, and peculiarities of corruption and the shadow economy, as well as how … between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in all Central and Eastern European countries. However, the degree to … which corruption impacts the variation in the levels of the shadow economy differs significantly in countries across the …

corruption and adoption of protective legislation (UNESCO and UNIDROIT) and discuss results indicating further questions to be …

prices. The evidence offers a glimpse of quite explicit micro-level evidence on various types of behavior and corruption that …

There is increasing recognition that corruption has an adverse influence on growth as it distorts both market economy … sample selection is concerned. This paper empirically reexamines the relationship between corruption and growth after …, corruption is shown to be an obstacle to growth generally, a conclusion that is in line with the existing literature. Furthermore …

about the relationship between corruption and shadow economy activities. The paper highlights the interaction between the … underground economy and corruption using comparative analysis. It discusses the theoretical approach to shadow economic activities … and focuses on the determinants of the Romanian economy concluding that Romania record a high incidence of corruption and …

conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption. …

With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …

This paper investigates regional differences in the perception of corruption and informal practices among Ukrainian … firms. Using two different data sets from Ukraine we show that perceived corruption differs significantly across regions … propensity score matching. In particular, perceived corruption is highest in the eastern areas and lowest in the western region …

Previous empirical work on corruption has generally been cross-country in nature and focused on utilizing country …-level corruption ratings. By using micro-level data for over 20 European countries that directly measure individual characteristics …, corruption experiences, gender roles, trust and values to examine the determinants of corruption, this paper goes beyond the …