Digital technologies (DTs) are proven helpful in the Architecture, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) industry due to their varied benefits to project stakeholders, such as …

This article discusses one of the most important institutions in the modern world, namely
public bureaucracies, from a comparative perspective. Bureaucratic organizations can be …

The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination
since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed …

This paper addresses the empirical question of whether trade and financial openness can
help explain the recent pace in financial development, as well as its variation across …

Rapidly rising attention to the quality of governance in developing countries is driving
explosive growth in the use of governance “indicators” by international investors, donors of …

Economic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it
has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world—the" market turn." …

The annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), published by Transparency International
(TI), has had a pivotal role in focusing attention on corruption. Despite recent critiques of the …

¿ Es el Estado quien se colude o corrompe a las empresas, o son las empresas las que
toman la iniciativa? Se suele dar por hecho que la corrupción proviene del Estado y que las …

State capture and corruption are widespread phenomena across the globe, but their
empirical study still lacks sufficient analytical tools. This paper develops a new conceptual …

Analysis of a worldwide sample of sudden deaths of politicians reveals a market-adjusted
1.7% decline in the value of companies headquartered in the politician's hometown. The …