Corruption has been a salient feature of Puerto Rico (PR)'s modern history. However,
systematic empirical research on this subject has been generally lacking. In this paper, we …

We exploit the random assignment of Brazilian municipalities to an audit programme to
explore the link between audits and government hiring practices. We find that audited …

Este artículo introductorio se divide de la siguiente manera: las siguientes dos secciones
reseñan algunos aspectos de los estudios del clientelismo político y de los conceptos …

Este artículo introductorio se divide de la siguiente manera: las siguientes dos secciones
reseñan algunos aspectos de los estudios del clientelismo político y de los conceptos …

This study provides a desk-research overview of the corruption control strategies, especially
on the implementation of rewards and incentives, monitoring, whistleblowing system, anti …

Corruption has been a salient feature of Puerto Rico (PR)'s modern history. However,
systematic empirical research on this subject has been generally lacking. In this paper, we …

While previous research has thoroughly examined the consequences of external control on
subnational governments, less is known about the drivers and consequences of internal …

Conditional government transfers to citizens distributed at the local level can turn elected,
independent local elites into clientelistic vote brokers of the party controlling national …

I examine the extent to which news of a local politician's corruption leads to electoral
spillovers to the political party in neighboring jurisdictions and presidential candidates …

This paper draws its conclusions using an inductive approach. We find interesting symptoms
in the field related to clients' efforts to influence audit opinion in the public financial audit …