Corruption is something of a conundrum to economists. Whilst clearly being economic in its nature and principle … conscientious in their provision of essential services supporting the economy causes obvious problems for judgements on corruption … issues. This paper reviews the impacts of corruption, the range of attempted explanations of corruption that economics has …

the same time form an environment that is not favorable to the emergence of corruption …

There is a strong correlation between conflict and corruption throughout the world, a problem that is particularly … acute in Africa. This paper investigates how reducing conflict through peace and reunification affects petty corruption. We …

corruption and from the institutional corruption literature to assess the impacts of this shadow professorate on the economic …

corruption and tax compliance. We explore this through a formal leniency program. In our experiment, we nest collusive corruption …

Government bureaucracies in low- and middle-income countries often suffer from both corruption and slow public …-performing bureaucrats. The results are inconsistent with a causal link between the average speed of service delivery and corruption, and … or shame constrain corruption. When bureaucrats' reputations improve through positive performance feedback, this …

Under what circumstances does corruption cause inefficiencies, and when are bribes merely a transfer? I propose a … modified monopoly price discrimination model showing how corruption may lead to an increased administrative burden in firm …’s predictions I find that corruption leads to increased administrative burden when government officials have less information about …

process. However, strengthening anti-corruption efforts is costly. This cost is part of the total financial aid and it …, the corruption is not effectively deterred while the cost of inspection consumes part of the budget. The inspection …

Does experience of corruption and cronyism have an effect on popular attitudes towards markets and capitalists? Using … the data from the Gallup World Poll, we find broad support for the proposition that corruption and cronyism – and … where such practices are abundant. Lower levels of control of corruption, as measured by the Worldwide Governance Indicators …