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This study provides evidence of a strong link between two channels facilitating rentextraction in public procurement: between concealing the ultimate ownership of contractors and manipulation of the anticipated value of tenders. Using data on more than 15 300 tenders awarded to joint-stock...
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is consistent with manipulations being driven by corruption of procurement officials. Manipulations concern 8.6% of all …
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corruption does not improve the sorting of types but it negatively affects the agent’s incentive to be corrupt. …
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organization would offer a bribe, thus supporting corruption. Since corruption perceptions are rarely based on actual experience …This paper discusses the issue of perceptions and their influence on economic processes focusing on corruption … perception. The higher the perceived corruption in an organization is, the more probable it is that a person dealing with that …
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coefficients. Our paper contributes to the (small) literature on experimental tests of (anti-)corruption measures and adds evidence …
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This paper argues that even temporary barriers to entry present at the very beginning of transition may lead to permanent extortion development. Entry restrictions, if binding, lead to excess profits, which create an incentive to extort. The emergence of extortionists reduces the expected profit...
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Theory and empirics suggest that by curbing competition, incumbent electricity companies which used to be and here are referred to as Vertically Integrated Utilities (VIUs), can increase their profitability through combined ownership of generation and transmission and/or distribution networks....
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might play a role. My paper provides a testbed for experimental testing of anti-corruption measures and adds evidence to the …
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Corruption has a negative impact on society and economy. The transition process in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE …) uncovered dormant possibilities for corruption and necessity for appropriate steps to be taken. We document the state of … corruption in the Czech Republic and the measures introduced to fight it. We cover sectors of society and economy according to …
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