An influential literature argues that corruption behaves as a self‐fulfilling prophecy. Its
central claim is that the individual returns to corruption are a function of the perceived …

Previous research has found the contagion effect in corruption, nevertheless the
mechanisms underlying the contamination of corruption remain unexplored. In this paper …

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 …

The aim of this article is to give at least a partial answer to the question made in the title.
Several works analyze the evolution of the corruption in different societies. Most of such …

abstract This paper examines the role of inflation targeting as a price signaling mechanism
reducing price information asymmetry and potentially reducing incentives for corruptive …

We investigate the corruption contagion phenomenon using both the spatial econometric
model as well as the dynamic panel GMM approach, employing data on 109 countries from …

We analyze how international anti-corruption rules impact the behavior of multinational firms
in promoting sustainable practices. Competition from multinational firms is expected to lower …

Resumen¿ Quién es el más afectado por la corrupción, el ciudadano rico o el pobre?¿
Quién tiene más probabilidades de validar las actividades corruptas, los ricos o los pobres …

We introduce an evolutionary dynamical model for corruption in a democratic state
describing the interactions between citizens, government and officials, where the voting …

The goal of this research is to study an economic system characterized by the coexistence of
tax evading citizens with corrupt auditors (public officials), that is a system of predators …