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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Petty corruption"”.
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Predicting Petty Corruption in the Public Sector through Household Survey Non-Compliance
Corruption is a phenomenon in which many South Africans are well versed. While it continues to headline the news, the true extent of corruption is difficult to determine. Perception based indices have been proven to be inaccurate and experience-based data is also likely to incorrectly estimate the …
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Examining small and medium enterprises’ responses to public personnel petty corruption: the case of “The Arab Republic of Egypt”
Corruption presents a significant challenge to the operational efficiency and sustainability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly in emerging economies. This study examines how SMEs in Egypt navigate public personnel petty corruption, exploring multi-dimensional causes of corruption …
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Varieties of Corruption: Differential Causes and Consequences
Corruption continues to be a problem, while anti-corruption reforms have stalled. Although much work has been done on the causes and consequences of corruption they are yet to lead to significant reductions in corruption around the world. In response to such findings, I suggest disaggregating …
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Mismatched motives: the economic consequences of distorted incentives in the public sector
… and explanations like fiscal rules, corruption and expected downturns. Chapter 3 (co-authored with Frank Bohn and Jan-Egbert Sturm) shows, both theoretically and empirically, that the mechanism of central bank deterrence to non-stabilizing fiscal shocks weakens substantially in a …
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Connections and Privileged Access: Essays on The Political Economy of Corruption
<p>Acts of corruption at all levels have serious negative consequences for governments' finances and citizens' standards of living. Yet, corruption is largely sustained by norms and behavior (e.g., favoring one's family, reciprocity) that would be considered pro-social, were it not for the fact …
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Mutor i det godas tjänst? : Biståndsarbetare i samtal om vardaglig korruption
In this dissertation, corruption and bribery are investigated as social and moral, rather than economic, phenomena. The analysis concentrates on the ways in which Swedish and Danish aid workers describe their experiences of everyday or 'petty' corruption. How do they view their encounters with …