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Effect of foreign aid on corruption: evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries

Mohamed, Masoud Rashid; Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 42 (2015) 1, pp. 47-63

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of foreign aid on corruption in Sub-Saharan African (SSA … impact on the level of corruption in the SSA countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper opted to use a Quantile … regression (QR) approach to examine the impact of foreign aid on corruption. The data cover from the year 2000 to 2010 for 42 Sub …

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Fighting African corruption when existing corruption-control levels matter in a dynamic cultural setting

Simplice, Asongu - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 10, pp. 906-922

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the determinants of corruption-control (CC) with freedom dynamics … corruption in Africa by employing recently documented additional factors that should be considered in corruption studies. …

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The evolution of business ethics in India

Berger, Ron; Herstein, Ram - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 11, pp. 1073-1086

Purpose – Religion and culture can influence ethical behavior in business. It is suggested that there has been and continues to be, a deep interrelationship between religion, business ethics, and economic activity in India. As India is becoming a major global economic business partner,...

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Does corruption matter for economic development? Long run evidence from Bangladesh

Pulok, Mohammad Habibullah; Ahmed, Moin Uddin - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 3, pp. 350-361

Purpose Despite remarkable economic growth in the last two decades, corruption is a “way of life” in Bangladesh. The … purpose of this paper is to investigate the long run relationship between economic development and corruption in Bangladesh … examine the long run relationship or cointegration between corruption and per capita real GDP in Bangladesh using annual time …

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Evaluating the prevalence and nature of blat in post-Soviet societies

C. Williams, Colin; Onoshchenko, Olga - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 9, pp. 747-759

now commonplace. The result is that nepotism, cronyism, bribery and corruption hinder meritocratic processes. Research …

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Corruption and perceived risk: a case of the 2011 Fukushima disaster

Yamamura, Eiji - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 11, pp. 1156-1170

, corruption affects the perception of citizens regarding the risk of nuclear accidents. The paper aims to discuss these issues …. Design/methodology/approach – Endogeneity bias was controlled for using instrumental variables when the author conducted …

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The role of governance in economic development

Azam, Muhammad; Emirullah, Chandra - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 12, pp. 1265-1278

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of corruption as an important element of weak governance … corruption and inflation rate are negatively related to GDP per capita and are statistically significant. As to the impacts of … of good governance, therefore, reducing endemic corruption and controlling inflation needs to be among the foremost …

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A critical mass of corruption: why some football leagues have more match-fixing than others

Hill, Declan - In: International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship 11 (2010) 3, pp. 38-52

This paper examines what drives match-fixing in football and why some leagues collapse from corruption. Based on more … high-level corruption and an alternative market competitor was introduced. …

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The Influence of Wages on Public Officials' Corruptibility: A Laboratory Investigation

Veldhuizen, Roel van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

Previous studies have proposed a link between corruption and wages in the public sector. This paper investigates this …

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Does Campaign Finance imply Political Favors?

Claessens, Stijn; Feijen, Erik; Laeven, Luc - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

This paper provides empirical evidence that campaign contributions arestrongly associated with market expectations of future firm-specific political favors,including preferential access to external financing. Using a novel dataset, we find thatfirms in Brazil providing contributions in the 1998...

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