This paper shows why some countries are trapped in an equilibrium with high unofficial economic activity and corruption … unofficial economy and corruption activity …

The paper presents some empirical puzzles in the relationship between bureaucratic wages and corruption levels, and … corruption. In the presence of such multiple equilibria, the relationship between bureaucratic wages and corruption is no longer … that social welfare is decreasing in the incidence of corruption, across such equilibria …

Corruption all over the world is an ancient, but it seems very topical too, concern in politics and in the media. This … paper investigates spatial and dynamic aspects of corruption using cellular automata. Although cellular automata are very … self organization and complex patterns (of corruption). It is shown that neither social pressure nor pure economic …

This review attempts to identify treatments of corruption that draw upon characteristics of underdevelopment either as … causes or as consequences. It focuses on three aspects of corruption in developing economies: red tape, rent-seeking, and the … the structure of corruption markets …

-monetary disincentives to corruption. In doing so, we also test the Beckarian prediction that at the same level of expected payoff, a low … probability of detection with high penalty is a stronger deterrent to corruption than a high probability of detection with low …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, causal evidence on the effects of corruption is still lacking. In … this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall …

been shown to play an important role in the provision of public goods, corruption might strongly disrupt the ability of a …

Corruption is a welfare issue worldwide, but it is difficult to study because of its secret nature. We here did a lab … economic experiment on bribery to study different compliance mechanisms through which people might be deterred from corruption … insights in the elaboration of strategies to combat corruption and norm transgressions …

for private gain. We study the relationship between discretion and corruption in Italian government procurement auctions …, using a confidential database of firms and procurement officials investigated for corruption by Italian enforcement …, discretionary procedure auctions are associated with corruption only when conducted with fewer than the formally required number of …