Corruption is an indication of weak institutional quality and could have potentially adverse effects on economic growth. To synthesize the empirical findings, we extracted 406 effect estimates from 32 studies, following a peer-reviewed and pre-published systematic review protocol. The evidence...

A large body of work within the Europeanization and conditionality literature has examined EU's effect on governance quality in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). This article aims to contribute to existing work by addressing two questions. First, was EU's accession conditionality...

The aim of this article is to take stock of the theoretical debate and empirical findings concerning the impact of institutions on economic performance and the channels through which the institutional impact unfolds. The review is limited to work published until 2004 due to space limitations and...

The paper is organised in three sections. Section 1 examines the ethical case for and against free movement as defined above. In this section, we demonstrate that the level of analysis and the interdependence between actors at different levels are crucial issues that must be tackled by the...