The causes of corruption: a cross-national study
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The authors analyzed several indexes of perceived corruption compiled from business risk surveys for the 1980s and 1990s and found that countries with Protestant traditions, histories of British rule, more developed economies, and (probably) higher imports were less corrupt.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2000-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3592 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Corruption Perceptions Index & Corruption.read more
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Corruption as a Feature of Governmental Organization
TL;DR: In this article, the principal variables having to do with corruption in governmental organizations in the United States are identified and some significant relationships among them are pointed out, and a conceptual scheme for the description and analysis of corruption in all sorts of organizational settings is presented.
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Government in transition
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Competitive Governments: An Economic Theory of Politics and Public Finance
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a conceptual framework for compound governments, including the power of small groups, the independence of judiciaries, and the competition, stability, and central governments.
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Competitive Governments: An Economic Theory of Politics and Public Finance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a conceptual framework for compound governments, including the power of small groups, the independence of judiciaries, and the competition, stability, and central governments.