In recent years a growing body of empirical work has examined the causes and
consequences of corruption. These investigations are mostly crosscountry analyses, based …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

We conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on corruption in the discipline of
economics (4,488 articles) over the past 51 years between 1968–2019. Through this …

Despite the relevance of corruption in project selection, planning and delivery, the project
management literature pays little attention to this crucial phenomenon. This paper sets the …

This paper tests whether corruption may be an efficient grease in the wheels of an otherwise
deficient institutional framework. It analyzes the interaction between aggregate efficiency …

Efforts to control corruption increase levels of trust in the ability of the state and market
institutions to reliably and impartially enforce law and the rules of trade. Such trust facilitates …

Pakistan has witnessed political instability since its inception in 1947 till 2008. But after the
year 2008, somehow shadows of stability in democratic regimes have been seen. Over time …

This paper assesses the relationship between corruption and inward foreign direct
investment (FDI). Previous research has presumed that corruption directly enters the cost …

This paper investigates the relationship between corruption, the shadow economy, and
public debt. It additionally examines whether the shadow economy increases the adverse …

Smart cities have emerged to cope with economic and environmental challenges posed by
modern-day complex city systems. This study hypothesized that overcoming such …