Corruption has its adverse effects not just on static efficiency but also on investment and
growth. This chapter discusses the reasons for the persistence of corruption that have to do …

This paper examines the reasons whycorruption and policy distortions tend toexhibit a high
degree of persistence incertain regimes. We identify circumstancesunder which a firm seeks …

The second edition of Corruption and Government updates Susan Rose-Ackerman's 1999
book to address emerging issues and to rethink old questions in light of new data. The book …

This article introduces a large new cross‐country database, the Database of Political
Institutions. It covers 177 countries over 21 years, 1975–95. The article presents the intuition …

Corruption is a persistent feature of human societies over time and space. The sale of
parliamentary seats in 'rotten boroughs' in England before the Reform Act of 1832 and …

Corruption occurs at the interface of the public and private sectors. Whenever a public
official has discretionary power over distribution to the private sector of a benefit or cost …

Why is government corruption more pervasive in some societies than in others? In this
article we examine public choice explanations that attribute corruption to a lack of …

Electoral rules and constitutional structures can influence the level of political corruption. We
show that proportional representation (PR) systems are more susceptible to corrupt political …

Political corruption has traditionally been presented as a phenomenon characteristic of
developing countries, authoritarian regimes, or societies in which the value system favored …

A raft of new research on the causes and effects of political corruption has emerged in recent
years, in tandem with a separate, growing focus on the effects of political institutions on …