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ten year average rainfall variations as instrument for household income in rural Bangladesh, we find that corruption is … results imply that `free schooling' is free only for the rich, and corruption makes the playing field skewed against the poor …
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ten year average rainfall variations as instrument for household income in rural Bangladesh, we find that corruption is … results imply that ‘free schooling' is free only for the rich, and corruption makes the playing field skewed against the …
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conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption …
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We use data from enforcement actions initiated under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to examine firms' incentives to pay bribes and their costs when they are caught. Bribery is associated with projects that are valuable even considering the expected penalties. For firms that are...
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been shown to play an important role in the provision of public goods, corruption might strongly disrupt the ability of a …
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corruption and tax compliance. We explore this through a formal leniency program. In our experiment, we nest collusive corruption …
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corruption and tax compliance. We explore this through a formal leniency program. In our experiment, we nest collusive corruption …
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We analyze corruption in law enforcement: the payment of bribes to enforcement agents, threats to frame innocent …, extortion should not be sanctioned. The state may also combat corruption by paying rewards to enforcement agents for reporting …
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We extend the analysis of optimal self-reporting schemes to situations like corruption where two individuals are …
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Can governments successfully combat bureaucratic corruption by "hiring integrity" from the private sector? This paper … examines the impact of hiring private firms to collect information for government anti-corruption efforts. In the past two … data that governments can use to fight corruption in customs agencies. I find that countries implementing such inspection …
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