institutions and corruption. A simple game theoretic model is built to show that corruption produces a tragedy of the anticommons …. It is also shown that coordinated corruption or 'maffia' behaviour produces a better use of resources than uncoordinated … corruption. …

This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities … are divided into omnibus anti-corruption programmes, legislative reform aimed at tackling corruption, and adherence to … international anti-corruption conventions. The paper presents a new measure for determining the extent of anti- corruption activity …

opportunity for him to match his opponent's bid in exchange for a bribe. In particular, we examine two types of corruption … possibility of matching the winner's bid in exchange for a bribe. While oral auctions are corruption free under the two … arrangements, corruption affects both bidding behavior, efficiency and the seller's expected revenue in a first-price auction. …

Corruption is thought to prevent poor countries from catching-up. We analyze one channel through which corruption …-seeking. At equilibrium, the intensity of corruption and the structure of public investment are determined by the predatory … without corruption in which there is no effective corruption yet still the possibility of corruption distorts the allocation …

In recent years the topics of illegal activities such as corruption or tax evasion have attracted a great deal of … this paper is to investigate empirically whether women are more willing to be compliant than men focusing on corruption and …

(english) This paper analyzes the impact of corruption on the extent of trust in political institutions using a rich … specifically, we set out to test the “efficient grease” hypothesis that corruption can strengthen citizens’ trust since bribe … institutional trust. Our findings reject this theoretical argument. We show that corruption never produces trust-enhancing effects …

We analyze the relation between corruption, competition and inequality in a developing economy context where markets …'s entry is further facilitated by corruption in the product market. We analyze the market equilibrium and look at some of the … implications. We show that a rise in inequality can lead to an increase in corruption along with greater competition. By …

Corruption Perceptions Index, Kenya is more corrupt than Tanzania, but we find that the coefficient on tax is higher in Tanzania …

We provide a cultural explanation to the phenomenon of corruption in the framework of an overlapping generations model … corruption. The driving force in the equilibrium selection process is the education effort exerted by parents which depends on … interventions which via parents' efforts have long-lasting effects on corruption and show the success of intensive education …

and engage in local corruption to avoid punishment. When law enforcers are sufficiently well-paid, difficult to bribe and … corruption detection highly probable, we show that increasing policing or sanctions effectively deters crime. However, when … punishment induce organized crime to corruption, and ensuing impunity leads too higher rather than lower crime. …