Decentralization and Corruption : Evidence across Countries

Decentralization and Corruption : Evidence across Countries

The relationship between decentralization of government activities and the extent of rent extraction by private parties is an important element in the recent debate on institutional design. The theoretical literature makes ambiguous predictions abo...

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Main Authors: Fisman, Raymond, Gatti, Roberta
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ASSET MANAGEMENT
BUREAUCRACY
BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION
CAPITAL MARKET
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZENS
CIVIL LAW
CIVIL LIBERTIES
COMPETITIVENESS
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY ESTIMATES
CRISES
CROSS COUNTRY DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXPENDITURE
FEDERALISM
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FREE PRESS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT SIZE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
INCOME
INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
LDCS
LEGAL ORIGIN
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGISLATORS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMICS
OVERVALUATION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SPENDING
REAL GDP
REVENUE COLLECTION
SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
TAX EVASION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/438331/decentralization-corruption-evidence-across-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19852

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