This second edition of The Industrial Organization explores the study of the structure of
individual banks, banking markets, and their interactions. The book has the same two key …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to frame the causal relationships between corruption in
public procurement and performance of local governments. Design/methodology/approach …

As research on (anti-) corruption continues to accelerate, the heterogeneity of perspectives
that have emerged in the field complicates the identification of key topics and trends, limiting …

The role of private enforcers in the implementation of laws against anticompetitive practices
remains a subject of considerable controversy. The economic approach to the analysis of …

The purpose of this research is to provide a valuable study about the development of
literature on corruption prevention during the last decade suggesting the way for the future …

In this paper we investigate the task the supervisor should be optimally charged with in an
agency model in which the principal faces corruption concerns. We highlight a fundamental …

This paper investigates interactions between waste and enforcement policies in the
presence of a corruptible bureaucrat. We set up a repeated game obtained by an infinite …

This paper analyzes a model in which a firm's compliance with regulation is monitored by a
supervisor. The supervisor exerts costly, unobservable effort to raise his inspection intensity …

This paper analyses repeated interactions between a firm and an inspector who monitors
regulatory compliance. The firm may offer a bribe to pre‐empt the inspection. Corruption is …

A long standing question is whether product market competition disciplines a firm's incentive
to engage in earnings management. This paper argues that this question cannot be …