of corruption. For this purpose, the paper examines whether competition is able to constrain the waste effects of … corruption on the efficiency of execution of public works, building on the results provided by Finocchiaro Castro et al. (2014 … negative effects of environmental corruption on public works execution …

investment. If the FCPA also applies to foreign firms, it reduces total bribery, and in host countries with high corruption …

Corruption is widely spread across the world and is believed to affect economic growth negatively. It is most … procurement in Russia due to corruption. Unfortunately, to measure corruption is very challenging. In this paper, using the data … on procurement in one of the Russian regions as an example, we suggest and discuss different indicators of corruption …

A high level of corruption usually constrains economic development in emerging countries. However, anti-corruption … the extent of bureaucrats’ heterogeneity in attitude to the problem of corruption. Due to the sensitivity of direct … questions on corruption, we conduct the list experiment among public procurement officials in Russia. We show that female …

We provide a positive analysis of the equilibrium bidding and bribing strategies with and without corruption in a first …-price, sealed-bid, procurement auction with two-dimensional-type bidders. With corruption, we assume that the quality of the bidders … and bribe decrease in the number of bidders. Moreover, we show that in this auction with corruption, quality is randomly …

corruption, in the province in which the infrastructure takes place, employing a large dataset on Italian public works contracts … consistency of our estimates. Then, we evaluate the effects of corruption using a semi-parametric technique that produces a robust … show that greater corruption, in the area where the infrastructure provision is localised, is associated with lower …

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 …

Systematic and efficient collaboration are key contributing factors to efficiency in anti-corruption efforts. Research … shows Thailand's anti-corruption networks are decentralised. There are no formal central nodes responsible for coordinating … the network. Thus, Thailand's anti-corruption networks should be structured systematically, with a focus on efficiency in …

level lower than the announced. We compute equilibrium corruption and we study the impact on corruption of the … influence equilibrium corruption and show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, corruption may well be increasing in …

Public sector corruption misapplies resources, increases poverty and discourages investment. Corruption, and … allegations of corruption, also weakens democratic institutions. This paper sets out a scheme for a Public Sector Ethics …