Incumbents in many developing democracies face significant disadvantages when seeking
reelection, in stark contrast to the well-known incumbency advantage in the United States …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine corruption in the Nigeria judicial system, the
implications on justice administration and the fight against corruption in the country, and …

We analyze the determinants of corruption in Russia using law enforcement data on
corruption incidents for a panel of 79 Russian regions for the period 2004–13. We find that …

Adequate wages are an important tool to shield public officials from special interests and
corruption. But what is the equilibrium effect of higher wages in the presence of criminal …

Corruption is widely believed to be a self-reinforcing phenomenon, in the sense that the
incentive to engage in corrupt acts increases as corruption becomes more widespread …

This study explores the rationality behind firms' decision to admit or deny their involvement
in bribery when responding to confidential surveys conducted by international agencies …

We propose a model where the size of the public sector and aggregate output are
interrelated through the occupational choice of agents who differ in their skill level and …

An important public-policy question is whether public-sector wages can be used to deter
corruption. We study the relation between public-sector wages and corruption in China. Our …

We study how firms altered their spending in response to an increase in liquidity as the
Chinese government started to pay its outstanding export tax rebates in 2004. Our analytical …

This dissertation proposes an explanation of the variation of judicial responses to political
corruption. It asks why some judicial systems are more active than others in punishing …