A scoping review on perception-based definitions and measurements of corruption

G Gouvêa Maciel, PC Magalhães, L de Sousa… - Public …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Studies on perceptions of corruption have grown in recent years but are still struggling with
several conceptual and measurement issues. This scoping review provides an analysis of …

Corruption and collective action

H Marquette, C Peiffer - DLP Research Paper, 2015 - open.cmi.no
Increasingly it is argued that anti-corruption efforts have not worked because they are based
on inadequate theory, suggesting that collective action theory offers a better understanding …

Corruption and corruption research in Vietnam-an overview

M Tromme - Crime, Law and Social Change, 2016 - Springer
This article offers an introduction to both the state of corruption in Vietnam and how the
research community is taking on an active role to support policymaking. It begins by …

Corruption, innovation and firm growth: firm-level evidence from Egypt and Tunisia

M Goedhuys, P Mohnen, T Taha - Eurasian Business Review, 2016 - Springer
Using recently collected firm-level data from Egypt and Tunisia, this paper explores the effect
of institutional obstacles and corruption on the innovative behavior of firms and their effect …

Corruption, political instability and economic development in the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS): is there a causal relationship?

N Abu, MZA Karim, MIA Aziz - Contemporary economics, 2015 - econstor.eu
Despite the abundant research on economic development, corruption and political
instability, little research has attempted to examine whether there is a causal relationship …

Taking China's anticorruption campaign seriously

M Manion - Economic and Political Studies, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This article draws on a rich empirical literature on comparative corruption and rich
theoretical literatures on the related topics of institutions and credible commitment to analyze …

Grease or sand in the wheels of commerce? Firm level evidence on corruption and SMEs

RU Mendoza, RA Lim, AO Lopez - Journal of International …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bribes can either put 'grease'or 'sand'in the wheels of commerce, affecting firm performance
(at the micro‐level) and, ultimately, economic growth (at the macro‐level). This study …

Fighting systemic corruption: The indirect strategy

B Rothstein - Daedalus, 2018 - direct.mit.edu
While attention to corruption and anticorruption policies has increased dramatically in
research and in policy, the results of many anticorruption and so-called good-governance …

Do corruption and inequality shape sustainable development? Evidence from the post-soviet countries

MM Badur, E Yılmaz, F Sensoy - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of corruption and income inequality in three-
dimensional sustainable development in the post-Soviet countries. Design/methodology …

Fighting African conflicts and crimes: which governance tools matter?

S Asongu, O Kodila-Tedika - International Journal of Social …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. The purpose
of this paper is to assess the best governance tools in the fight against the scourges …