This paper investigates the causal relationship between corruption and fixed capital investment in Russian regions. The … panel data on corruption allow to control for unobserved heterogeneity with fixed effects estimation. We address the problem … of endogeneity by introducing novel instrumental variables for corruption: the presence of free press and violations of …

literature supports this view as it finds a negative link between corruption (secret payments to government officials) and growth …

Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries’ public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no “objective” measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

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 …

This analysis investigates a political corruption model that builds on previous literature on corruption in hierarchies …. Our study enriches the literature on political corruption emphasizing the contrasting role of the minorities having a … involved into the illicit activity and, eventually, spread the corruption disease. …

of prosecutorial corruption. For police officers, we find that prosecutorial independence is not decisive, but … prosecutorial corruption matters for whether suspected misconduct is likely to be prosecuted. …

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 …

. In diesem Sinne lassen sich komplexe Probleme wie das der Korruption nur dann umfassend adressieren, wenn die …This article uses the perspective of ordonomics to discuss how the fight against corruption can be advanced through … to addressing corruption in their business environment collectively. Drawing on an ordonomic approach to business ethics …

, the threat of being betrayed by their fellows may induce top-criminals to rely on corruption (to avoid sanctions). However …

corruption scandals in the Italian Regional Health Systems by two important national newspapers having opposite ideology, La … about corruption scandals involving left-wing politicians in the days right before the elections, while it reduces the … number of those about right episodes of corruption and without any political connection. Instead, for La Repubblica we do not …