Corruption is hidden action which distorts allocations of resources away from competitive outcomes. Hence the detection …. In recent years the sport of cricket, which records a huge volume of statistics, has been beset by a number of corruption … whether corruption manifests itself in recorded out comes. We nd that corruption does aect a number of observed outcomes in …

Corruption at central banks induces distorted policies by generating a tendency to increase inflation. An inflation …

The objectives of government are pivotal to understanding the diverse negative effects of corruption on public welfare …. Corruption renders governments unable or unwilling to maximize welfare. In the first case, it distorts agents decisions and …

Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … corruption over time. We conclude that - if designed properly - conditionality can work. …

To solve the corruption problem, its root causes should first be diagnosed and factors supporting it should be …, thereby increasing corruption. Even worse, there are 'spurious' intermediaries who obtain bribes from public services by …

This paper reports on an experiment of corruption that was conducted in two treatments: one with the possibility of … detection and one without. It turns out that monitoring reduces corruption through deterrence; at the same time, it destroys the … intrinsic motivation for honesty. Thus the net effect on overall corruption is a priori undetermined. We show that the salary …

This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data …. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of … ‘administrative corruption’, whereby firms engage in corrupt practices and bribery of government officials. We contrast the firm …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … particular, in countries where corruption is more prevalent and the legal framework is weaker, bribery is more harmful for firm …

specific attitudes regarding the acceptance of corruption. The dataset on which our study is based was collected by the World … attitudes towards corruption and religion are associated given certain societal and institutional contexts. Our results show … that although there is a negative and statistically significant effect of religiosity on the acceptance of corruption on …