between political fragmentation and public debt changes. Corruption magnifies the effects; with higher perceived corruption …

The problem of measuring changes in corruption internationally is significantly more daunting than that of estimating … their levels. We compute trends in corruption for groups of geographically proximate countries, based on the geographic … distribution of cases of cross-border bribes, and confirm that geographic variations in corruption are greater than time variations …

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between the shadow economy and corruption as determinants of public … debt in the Spanish Autonomous Communities. In addition, we construct a Corruption Perception Index for those regions. Our … significant and positive impact on regional public debt. Corruption also shows a direct and significant relationship with public …

corruption in administrations. In our model, entrepreneurs must comply with regulation before undertaking a risky activity …

This paper empirically examines the relation between categories of export and corruption across countries. Aggregate … exports and agricultural exports tend to decrease corruption, while fuel exports increase corruption. The influence of … agricultural exports in more pronounced in more corrupt nations, while fuel exports contribute to corruption in least corrupt …

corruption-free or plagued by corruption. Contingent on the nature of adjudicatory bias, bribery either discourages private … antitrust lawsuits or incentivizes firms to engage in frivolous litigation. Corruption expectedly reduces the effectiveness of … can be social welfare-enhancing even in the presence of corruption. Under some circumstances, corruption actually …

Corruption represents one of the major causes of poverty all over the world and European Union is fighting against it …. In the last few years, the corruption phenomenon registered a high level in some European countries and became one of the … structural unemployment or underemployment (WEF-Global Risk Report 2015, p. 14). One of the modalities in combating corruption is …

The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … corruption by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI) and ignored that the CPI was not … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption and the emigration of those with high, medium … and low levels of educational attainment. The empirical results indicate that as corruption increases the emigration rate … levels of educational attainment, however, increases at initial levels of corruption and then decreases beyond a certain …

The economic consequences of corruption have been widely studied. A growing number of studies exists on the … relationship between corruption and subjective wellbeing. However, very few studies have examined how individual experiences of … corruption are correlated with subjective wellbeing. In this paper, we explore whether, and to what extent, paying a bribe …