Using recently collected firm-level data from Egypt and Tunisia, this paper explores the effect of institutional … obstacles and corruption on the innovative behavior of firms and their effect on firms’ employment growth. We estimate the micro …-level interactions between corruption and institutional obstacles and test the hypothesis that corruption ‘greases the wheels’ of firm …

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …

The article investigates the causes, essence, and peculiarities of corruption and the shadow economy, as well as how … between levels of corruption and the shadow economy in all Central and Eastern European countries. However, the degree to … which corruption impacts the variation in the levels of the shadow economy differs significantly in countries across the …

opinions on the ethics of tax evasion that were gathered from a wide demographic of respondents in Egypt, Iran and Jordan … gender, age and level of education, the results of this study have implications that go far beyond the borders of Egypt, Iran …

focuses on the main corporate governance attributes of Egypt. The paper concludes with an extensive bibliography …

The paper highlights the interaction between the underground economy and corruption, focusing on the regional …