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This paper provides a simple model of repeated extortion. In particlar, we ask whether corrupt government official' ex post opprtunism to demand more once enterpreneurs have made sunk investments entails further distortion in resource allocations.
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The paper develops a theoretical model showing a mutual relationship between corruption and capital account … restrictions. According to the model, higher corruption induces stricter restrictions and vice versa. We test the model using panel … data for 112 countries over the period 1984-2002 and find that corruption and restrictions are indeed mutually determined …
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. Thus, they run counter to effective anti-corruption. It is argued that other instruments are more suitable for preventing … corruption. …
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Inefficiencies in the bureaucratic organization of the state are often viewed as important factors in retarding economic development. Why certain societies choose or end up with such inefficient organizations has received very little attention, however. In this paper, we present a simple theory...
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Corruption in the forest sector of Swat, Pakistan is impairing the sustainable management of forest. We analyze … corruption in a case study setting against the backdrop of the reform options that are most often cited as possible solutions. As … environment is weak. Since countrywide overhaul of corruption through sweeping reform programs, the other reform approach, is a …
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, the paper goes beyond previous studies investigating also the impact of geographic identification, corruption and … globalization. We find that a higher level of (perceived) corruption reduces the trust in the UN in developed countries, but …
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In this paper we propose an answer for the question: why, sometimes, people don´t perceive corruption as a crime? To …
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We study the degree of corruption in a hierarchical model of government. In particular, we explore the question of … whether adding a layer of government simply increases the total amount of corruption or generates an organizational efficiency … (via a principal-agent relationship between levels of government) that reduces the total amount of corruption. …
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We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client's decision. We test this framework using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...
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