Economic theory suggests that taxation, regulations, efficiency of the bureaucracy and corruption are among the causes … public sectors, many OECD countries have raised the tax burden up to late 1990s and improved their institutions. This has led …

This paper examines cultural differences in attitudes towards corruption by analysing individual-decision making in a … corrupt experimental environment. Attitudes towards corruption play a critical role in the persistence of corruption. Our … allow us to explore whether, in environments characterized by lower levels of corruption, there is both a lower propensity …

An economy is considered where a possibility to seek rents (a particular case of this activity is corruption) exists … with low corruption the direct law enforcement is beneficial for growth, and reduces the shadow setor. However, in the … highly corrupt economy, combating the shadow economy reduces output and increases corruption, while combating corruption …

It is widely acknowledged that corruption has negative impact on economy and society. Transition process in the Central … and Eastern Europe (CEE) uncovered dormant possibilities for corruption that consequently required appropriate steps to be … taken against. We attempted to document the state of corruption in the Czech Republic and the measures introduced to fight …

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption’s predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody’s life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of existing literature on corruption and …

of corruption, we first present an interaction-based model which predicts that the level of corruption is positively … statistically significantly positive effect on the corruption rate in China. Our findings therefore underscore the relevance of … social interaction in understanding corruption and point to important policy implications. …

This paper examines the determinants of corruption in transition economies. We found that the progress of structural … reform, comprising marketization, rule of law, and democratization had a crucial impact on the extent of corruption control …

We study how corruption affects economic activities of households in rural Liberia. A proxy of corruption of community … indicative of diversion by the chief (or corruption). We use this ‘gap’ proxy to explain variation in economic behaviour across … important: corruption leads to a 50% reduction in rice planted and to nearly equally large reductions in trade activity. …

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …