Two competing conceptualizations of corruption in the literature allow viewing it either as efficient or burdensome … countries in Europe and Central Asia, this paper contributes to the evaluation of competing ideas in the literature about firms …? experience of corruption in tax administration. The findings presented in the paper provide provisional support for the second …

Two competing conceptualizations of corruption in the literature allow viewing it either as efficient or burdensome … countries in Europe and Central Asia, this paper contributes to the evaluation of competing ideas in the literature about firms …' experience of corruption in tax administration. The findings presented in the paper provide provisional support for the second …

In this paper I use firm-level data to examine whether corruption can attenuate the adverse effects of customs … where corruption at customs is more prevalent. This suggests that, conditional on there being customs-related red tape, a … firm is better off if it can use bribes to lower the delay that it faces. However, I also find that corruption has a …

role of institutions in maintaining trust and fighting corruption, as well as in sustaining economic growth and political …-modern Europe responded to similar challenges brought about by the rising costs of international warfare in a period marked by the … of financial profit, fraud and corruption. Through a series of case studies, this volume explores how the various …