Economics of Corruption
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Fresh off a California court victory in the Cindy Brown vs. Bank of New York Mellon case, this report showcases the ongoing crisis of inequalities in access to civil justice facing all Americans regardless of income or race and sets the... more
The study explains how corruption and corruption factors influence human rights fulfillment. It develops a coherent theoretical model for analysis and conclusions, recommendations elaboration. The research finds individual corruption acts... more
Corruption is one of the most important economic problems that concern to planners and policymakers in many countries, including Arab Countries, which all have corruption, but it differs in size and effects, as a result of different... more
Ray Fisman & Miriam A. Golden, Corruption. What everyone needs to know, Oxford Univesity Press, New York, 2017, 316 pp.
The article assesses the current state of corruption literature and conducts relevant empirical tests. It explores the validity of the corruption indicators regarded as having high explanatory power and juxtaposes them with empirical... more
Focusing exclusively on external forces risks producing an over-generalized account of a ubiquitous neoliberalism, which insufficiently accounts for the profusion of local variegations that currently comprise the neoliberal project as a... more
Decades of political backroom deals of a small political cast has resulted in a political system vulnerable to abuse of office, a weak legal system as well as a very frail anti-corruption framework. Numerous corruption scandals, including... more
The exposure of Saradha Group’s mega financial scam in Bengal popularly known as “chit fund scam” has had a devastating effect on the economy of the state, leaving the common people with trauma and severe investment phobia. Ironically,... more
Corruption is a stumbling block to the resettlement program in the Philippines...at the expense of the exploited impoverished Filipinos.
Ci si potrebbe chiedere il motivo di questo accostamento tra il soggetto impresa ed il principio di legalità; vale a dire se esso sia occasionale o se, invece, abbia una valenza cruciale in quanto l'uno, senza l'altra, condiziona... more
Corrupt exchanges are often brokered by a third party, but this phenomenon has not been satisfactorily explored by researchers of corruption. Literature on brokerage in general provides interesting models but they have not previously been... more
A new article by The Moscow Times revealed a mixed reaction to supposed FSB ‘vetting’ of academic scholarship. The Times, which has largely become a holding repository of intense criticism of the Russian government (and no, the irony of a... more
When individuals exchange gifts, social bonds are strengthened and reciprocity is created. If the gift and the reciprocation both come from private resources, it is clearly a gift. If what is reciprocated after a gift is given comes from... more
Rapport écrit par des organisations internationales dans le premier semestre de 2017.
Lo que aquí se presenta es el resultado de hacer un seguimiento diario-analítico de la acción, en un segundo intervalo del gobierno federal mexicano 2018-2024, presidido por el Licenciado Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Cubre la etapa que va... more
'Although corruption has affected human society since its very birth with different intensity over time, it is not confined to any particular geographic region, country, social or political system or culture. Recently there has been... more
The trend of occurring reality in understanding and practicing corruption is largely dependent upon the mode of its presentation and publicity throughout writing. It is, therefore, essential to look deep into the way that corruption is... more
Despite significant investment in anticorruption instruments in the past decades, confusion about their effectiveness remains. While a growing body of scholarship claims that anticorruption reforms have generally failed, other scholars... more
Plaintiffs’ aiding and abetting claims against Comerica Bank satisfy Rule 23’s requirements for certification. Comerica served as the exclusive banker for the Woodbridge Group of Companies, which raised $1.2 billion in real estate... more
The paper makes three central arguments: First, sudden influxes of official development aid into countries with unprepared governance institutions hinder their long-term economic and structural development. I analogize to the "resource... more
Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional, jurisdictional, societal, and economic conditions. It is this paper's aim to provide a reassessment and a comprehensive... more
The speeches of Grace Poe and Chiz Escudero contained nothing but the same crap promised by the same election campaigners in the post...all promises!
El presente Volumen I comprende medularmente boletines y notas de prensa oficiales. Fueron generados por el equipo lopezobradorista, entre el día de la elección presidencial federal (1 de julio de 2018) y el evento en que AMLO toma formal... more
El presente Volumen XI tiene 1,809 páginas, organizadas por fecha y agrupadas por mes. Abarca el texto completo de las conferencias de prensa matutinas que el Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador encabezó, entre el 18 de marzo de de... more
The emergence of the ever-growing anti-corruption movement from the early ’90s onwards has proven itself to be of considerable importance in how we understand and explain global inequalities as well as in redefining corruption as a lack... more
This National Integrity System (NIS) Assessment Nepal 2014 describes the status of the 11 pillars of NIS in terms of their capacity, governance, and role besides pointing out the gap between laws and practices. The NIS of Nepal shows the... more
The aim of the article is to analyze the phenomenon of corruption in praxeological and economic terms. The study presents pragmatic deliberations and own theories that approximate understanding the essence of corruption, existing forms... more
The fourth annual Academia against Corruption in the Americas (ACA) Conference will be held virtually on May 14-15, 2021. As the title suggests, this is an international, interdisciplinary forum for the academic anti-corruption community... more
The paper deals with the problem of corruption and its consequences for tax revenue. There are several reasons to believe that the level of corruption is positively linked to tax evasion. We analyzed the effects of corruption in OECD... more
The current internecine war in what external observers see as the world’s youngest ‘failed state’ is the product of structural developments. This chapter tries to question the particularities of one rather stable and prosperous region of... more
This article focus on the economic analysis of corruption in developed countries, using the micro-economic instruments to understand the consequences of the rational behaviors of economic agents on this market, inserted in an... more
In this chapter, we examine corruption as a socio-psychological phenomenon. We argue that individuals’ engagement in corrupt behaviors is more complex than a mere choice between ethical and unethical behavior. To understand the etiology... more
This book explores the nexus between foreign aid and corruption in post-conflict settings. It particularly focuses on the experiences of some of the countries that have received foreign aid in order to initiate or accelerate their... more
Although often ignored, religion has profoundly shaped political and economic conditions around the world. This claim is suggested by three historical divergences: (1) a divergence between Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Muslim... more
"Corruption has become one of the most popular topics in the social scientific disciplines. However, there is a lack of interdisciplinary communication about corruption. Models developed by different academic disciplines are often... more
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