, the regulatory framework and the extent of corruption in the bureaucracy? Second, what are the incentives of corrupt …

We use unique survey data from Bulgaria’s tax administration to evaluate the determinants of corruption risk. We … construct a novel measure of corruptibility, defined as the gap between actual income and the self-reported corruption …-proof income. The survey data show that raising incomes leads to lower corruption risk. However, incomes would have to almost …

This paper addresses how oil changes the corruption-foreign direct investment relationship. With the advantage of our … corruption. We find that corruption has a negative impact on attracting foreign direct investment but this is mitigated based on … the amount of oil the receiving country produces. Foreign direct investment inflows are found to reduce corruption in …

How are factors such as corruption perception and the level of democracy influencing foreign direct investment to …

institutional quality variables are introduced, especially those related to corruption and rent-seeking behavior. This study …

and applications include political groups, ethnicities, agents motivated by the work in the public sector and corruption … that patronage may be strictly positive in both of them. We also apply the second setting to the case of corruption. …

What is the relationship between ballot structure (the manner in which citizens cast their votes) and corruption …

covering the incidence of corruption and the discretionary use of public resources. …

What keeps corruption in check? Politicians have incentives to both avoid and actively oppose corruption when voters … corruption—legislators with influence in the policy-making process—also are well-positioned to benefit from corruption. We thus … wisdom, that as the number of checks increase so also should corruption increase, all else equal. This conclusion follows …

This paper analyzes the causes of corruption in contemporary Bolivia. It argues that, along with the well …-documented observation that richer countries tend, on average, to be less corrupt than poorer ones, corruption is directly dependent on FDI … inflows, with higher levels of FDI associated with lower levels of corruption and vice versa. Additionally, the findings …