In this paper, we argue that the answer to the question of whether the impact of corruption on development is … 22 economies in Sub-Sahara Africa with the most recent dataset (1996-2013) from the World Bank and other reputable … corruption, we are able to point out that institutions play important role in insulating citizens against the devastation caused …

China's markets gained 3.86% around December 4, 2012, when the Party announced anti-corruption reforms. State … liberalized provinces, especially those with high past ETC. These findings support investors' expect reduced official corruption …

theoretical foundation to disentangle the effects of media regulation on corruption and clarify under which circumstances … regulation reduces or increases corruption. The analysis shows that libel laws can reduce political corruption only if the moral …

corruption. For this purpose, we designed and ran a lab experiment in Bonn (Germany) and Shanghai (China) with exactly the same …

conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption …

promoted to positions of national leadership. To curb corruption, President Xi Jinping stepped up investigations and … reduction in corruption of between 50.1% and 43.6% in the provinces either targeted by the central inspection teams or whose … party secretary was replaced by one appointed by Xi himself. Accordingly, this crackdown on corruption has also …

This paper investigates the causal effect of corruption on entrepreneurship. We use staggered anti-corruption … investigations in China as exogenous shocks to conduct difference-in-differences estimation, and find that the country's anti-corruption … anti-corruption campaign: reduced rent seeking, improved government quality, technology spillover from innovation, and the …

This paper argues that oil revenue management and public investment in Congo are vulnerable to corruption as a result … of limited transparency and accountability. Corruption has potentially contributed to poor macro-fiscal outcomes. The … paper acknowledges the authorities' anti-corruption efforts made so far and proposes further critical reforms to reduce …

comply with regulations before undertaking an activity. Officials verify their compliance and may engage in corruption. In … line with existing work, the government tolerates corruption and weak enforcement when it does not communicate with … corruption and improves regulatory enforcement. In an extension, we incorporate intermediaries and show their presence makes the …

corruption in administrations. In our model, entrepreneurs must comply with regulation before undertaking a risky activity …