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In recent years the topic of corruption has attracted a great deal of attention. However, there is still a lack of … substantial empirical evidence about the determinants of corruption. This empirical study analyses a cross-section of individuals … using the World Values Survey wave III (1995-1997), investigating the justifiability of corruption. The major aim in the …
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In recent years the topics of illegal activities such as corruption or tax evasion have attracted a great deal of …
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Why do committees exist? The extant literature emphasizes that they pool dispersed information across members. In this paper, we argue that they may also serve to discourage outside influence or capture by raising its cost. As such, committees may contain members who add no new information to...
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This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …
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hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel data covering the period of 2002 - 2012 for more than 150 countries … total working age population (15 - 64 years old) and corruption on political stability. This finding is robust, controlling … between corruption and the youth population remains robust when we control for the persistency of political stability and the …
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hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel data covering the period of 2002–2012 for more than 150 countries … total working age population (15-64 years old) and corruption on political stability. This finding is robust, controlling … between corruption and the youth population remains robust when we control for the persistency of political stability and the …
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