This paper explores the association between corruption and trade policy. A non-technical theoretical framework first … outlines the effects of corruption on non-tariff barriers at the political and bureaucratic level. Both parts have incentives …, implying that free information may weaken the association between corruption and trade barriers. I employ panel data on …

While extant research has focused on the causes and consequences of corruption at the macro-level, less effort has been … devoted to understanding the micro-foundation of corruption. We argue that poor people are more likely to be victims of …

functions and political business cycles; (2) democracy and institutions; (3) the economics of corruption; (4) development aid …

whistle on corruption. We demonstrate in a simple game-theoretical model how murders can serve as an enforcement mechanism of … through three periods, we find that corruption is strongly related to the incidence of murders on journalists in countries …

therefore focus on what happens to the quality of judicial institutions and political corruption around coup attempts and other …