Eight Questions About Corruption

By Jakob Svensson. 2005

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This paper will discuss eight frequently asked questions about public corruption: (1) What is corruption? (2) Which countries are the most corrupt? (3) What are the common characteristics of countries with high corruption? (4) What is the magnitude of corruption? (5) Do higher wages for bureaucrats reduce corruption? (6) Can competition reduce corruption? (7) Why have there been so few (recent) successful attempts to fight corruption? (8) Does corruption adversely affect growth?

Subfields: Finance, Sociology and Political Science

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Corruption and control: A corruption reduction approach (2012, neutral): “The evidence base for interventions which have been effective and sustainable in reducing different types of corruption across different settings is limited (see a discussion by Svensson, 2005).”
Taxation, corruption, and growth (2016, neutral): “While the micro and case study evidence tend to point towards a negative effect of corruption, the macro evidence is inconclusive (e.g., Mauro 1995, Svensson 2005).”
Governance Indicators (2007, neutral): “Recently, Svensson (2005), Arndt and Oman (2006), and Knack (2006) have raised this criticism again, largely without the benefit of systematic evidence.”
The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development (2011, background): “3 China has a " Corruption Perception Index " level of 5 , which is similar to Indonesia , Iraq , Myanmar , Nigeria , Sudan , and Somalia ( Jacob Svensson 2005). property is well protected through proper institutions .”
Is Transparency the Key to Reducing Corruption in Resource-Rich Countries? (2009, background): “See Vaidya (2005). See also Kolstad, Fritz, and O’Neil (2008) for a”
The effects of externalities and framing on bribery in a petty corruption experiment (2009, background): “the resulting inequities are fuelling a wide range of policy initiatives, many being designed with reference to theory as there is very little empirical evidence relating to how the decision to bribe might be influenced (Svensson, 2005).”
Why some countries thrive despite corruption: The role of trust in the corruption–efficiency relationship (2010, background): “economy, empirical testing is inconclusive on this issue (Svensson, 2005).”
Three lenses on the multinational enterprise: politics, corruption, and corporate social responsibility (2006, neutral): “Corruption is most commonly defined as the misuse of public power for private gain, but more general definitions substitute the word ‘authority’ for public power to include corruption that arises strictly between private parties (Svensson, 2005).”
Transparency is not Enough: Making Transparency Effective in Reducing Corruption (2010, background): “While one study failed to find a robust correlation (Lederman, Loayza and Reis Soares, 2001), other studies have found significant negative relationships (Brunetti and Weder, 2003; Besley and Prat, 2004; Chowdhury, 2004; Svensson, 2005).”
Bribes and Firm Value (2017, neutral): “In theory, if firms use bribes to increase the probability of winning positive net present value 1 Reviews of the literature on corruption and growth are provided by Shleifer and Vishny (1993), Bardhan (1997), and Svensson (2005).”
Accounting and corruption: a cross‐country analysis (2010, background): “, economic freedom (Goel and Nelson, 2005), and competition (Ades and Di Tella, 1999; Svensson, 2005).”
Public trust in tourism institutions. (2012, background): “Developing countries are usually characterized by a high level of corruption (Svensson, 2005), including tourism-related ones (see for e.”
The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy (2016, neutral): “Ifo, CESifo and WDI”
The effectiveness of laws against bribery abroad (2008, background): “Corruption, the abuse of public power for private gain, is detrimental for the country (Eliott, 1997; Kaufmann, 1997; Rose-Ackerman, 1999; Svensson, 2005; Tanzi, 1998; Wei, 2000a).”