Ever since the spectacular boom and bust cycle of the Spanish real estate industry, endemic corruption at the local …-explored political determinant, this paper investigates the effect of local and regional alignment in fomenting corruption at the Spanish … municipal level. To do so, we construct an ample panel dataset on the prevalence of corrupt practices by local politicians …

I analyze the link between partisan alignment of local politicians and the incidence of political corruption, using … novel hand-collected data on local political corruption in Ghana. In line with political ambition theory, I hypothesize that … on 205 districts observed over the period 2013-2018, indeed suggests significantly lower levels of political corruption …

I analyze the link between partisan alignment of local politicians and the incidence of political corruption, using … novel hand-collected data on local political corruption in Ghana. In line with political ambition theory, I hypothesize that … on 205 districts observed over the period 2013-2018, indeed suggests significantly lower levels of political corruption …