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Perception vs. experience : explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata

Gutmann, Jerg; Padovano, Fabio; Voigt, Stefan - 2019

Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries’ public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no “objective” measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

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Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? : exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America

Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2021

The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using … Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative … variables specific to the Latin American region to test for rent seeking and systemic corruption in the period between 1980 …

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Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? Exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America

Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2022

The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using … Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative … variables to the Latin American region to test for rent seeking and systemic corruption in the period between 1980-2018. The …

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How Serious is Bribery? A Survey of Greek Opinion

McGee, Robert W.; Achim, Monica Violeta - 2023

The present study addresses the question, “How serious is bribery?” In order to arrive at an answer, it was necessary to compare the seriousness of bribery to that of other selected acts. World Values Survey data for Greece were used to compare bribery to 18 other moral issues. Respondents...

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How Serious is Bribery? A Survey of Polish Opinion

McGee, Robert W.; Achim, Monica Violeta - 2023

The present study addresses the question, “How serious is bribery?” In order to arrive at an answer, it was necessary to compare the seriousness of bribery to that of other selected acts. World Values Survey data for Poland were used to compare bribery to 12 other moral issues. Respondents...

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How Serious Is Bribery? A Survey of Romanian Opinion

McGee, Robert W.; Achim, Monica Violeta; Muresan, … - 2023

The present study addresses the question, “How serious is bribery?” In order to arrive at an answer, it was necessary to compare the seriousness of bribery to that of other selected acts. World Values Survey data for Romania were used to compare bribery to 18 other moral issues. Respondents...

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How Serious Is Bribery? A Survey of Philippine Opinion

McGee, Robert W.; Achim, Monica Violeta - 2023

The present study addresses the question, “How serious is bribery?” In order to arrive at an answer, it was necessary to compare the seriousness of bribery to that of other selected moral acts. World Values Survey data for the Philippines were used to compare bribery to 18 other moral...

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption : Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2006

. In the case of Ukraine, we find that public sector employees receive 24-32% less wages than their private sector … find that the lower bound estimate of the extent of bribery in Ukraine is between 460 mln and 580 mln U.S. dollars (0 ….9-1.2% of Ukraine's GDP in 2003) …

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The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine and other Central and Eastern European countries

Cherviakova, Valentyna; Cherviakova, Tetiana - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 7-30

of the weak correlation between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine were identified. The main … corruption and non-corruption factors of Ukraine’s econo- my shadowing were determined. It was concluded that policy and measures … to coun- teract corruption and the shadow economy in Ukraine should be aimed at eliminating their root causes rather than …

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Corporate Governance as Political Insurance : Firm-Level Institutional Creation in Emerging Markets and Beyond

Markus, Stanislav - 2018

What do we know about the politics of corporate governance in emerging markets? While the state-level institutions have been amply explored, firm-level dynamics remain under-theorized. Complementing the orthodox emphasis on external finance as causal force behind the adoption of “minority...

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