This paper investigates the relationship between electoral incentives, institutions and corruption. We assume that …

We address the impact of corruption in a developing economy in the context of an empirically relevant hold-up problem … is less tight, bureaucrats are less venal, or compensation for expropriation is ungenerous. -- corruption ; bureaucratic …

correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy …. -- public sector ; rents ; life satisfaction ; corruption ; judicial independence …

privatization is more likely to be chosen if the government is politically weak. -- Corruption ; Bureaucratic Structure ; Developing …

hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. -- Corruption …

The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or … two latent variables - extracts information on various dimensions of corruption and the shadow economy to contribute to … corruption. The results show that the shadow economy influences corruption more than corruption influences the shadow economy …

We present a simple model explaining corruption on geography and climate conditions. We test the model's validity in a … cross-section of 115 countries. Controlling for all other corruption's determinants we find evidence supporting the model …'s predictions. Corruption increases with temperature and declines with precipitation and non-cultivatable land. Corruption also …

itself, which performs an anti-corruption task - with the payment of illegal contributions, and provide general conditions …

With complementary Chinese data sets and alternative corruption measures, we explore the consequences of corruption …. Adopting a novel approach we provide evidence that corruption can have both, positive and negative effects, on economic … development. The overall impact of corruption might be the balance of the two simultaneous effects within a specific institutional …