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Using Micro-Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption

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  • Reinikka, Ritva
  • Svensson, Jakob

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal World Development.

Volume (Year): 34 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 (February)
Pages: 359-370

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Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:34:y:2006:i:2:p:359-370

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  1. Thomas Roca, 2011. "Measuring corruption: perception surveys or victimization surveys?," Working Papers hal-00625179, HAL.
  2. Fan, C. Simon & Lin, Chen & Treisman, Daniel, 2009. "Political decentralization and corruption: Evidence from around the world," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(1-2), pages 14-34, February.
  3. Jonathan Goyette, 2012. "Optimal tax threshold: the consequences on efficiency of official vs. effective enforcement," Cahiers de recherche 12-07, Departement d'Economique de la Faculte d'administration à l'Universite de Sherbrooke.
  4. Orkodashvili, Mariam, 2010. "Shadow economy revisited: logic, morality and intuition in corrupt practices and illegal channels," MPRA Paper 20391, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  5. Seung-Hyun Lee & Kyeungrae Oh, 2007. "Corruption in Asia: Pervasiveness and arbitrariness," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 97-114, March.
  6. Thomas Roca, 2011. "Measuring corruption: perception surveys or victimization surveys? Towards a better comprehension of populations’ perception mechanisms: press freedom, confidence and gossip," Documents de travail 167, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.
  7. Kenny, Charles, 2006. "Measuring and reducing the impact of corruption in infrastructure," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4099, The World Bank.
  8. Pál Csapodi & István Takács & Katalin György-Takács, 2011. "Corruption as a Deviant Social Attitude," Public Finance Quarterly, State Audit Office of Hungary, vol. 56(1), pages 27-43.
  9. O.Toole, Conor M. & Tarp, Finn, 2012. "Corruption and the Efficiency of Capital Investment in Developing Countries," Working Papers UNU-WIDER Research Paper , World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  10. Pellegrini, L. & Gerlagh, R., 2008. "Causes of corruption: A survey of cross-country analyses and extended results," Open Access publications from Tilburg University urn:nbn:nl:ui:12-3763893, Tilburg University.
  11. Razafindrakoto, Mireille & Roubaud, François, 2010. "Are International Databases on Corruption Reliable? A Comparison of Expert Opinion Surveys and Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(8), pages 1057-1069, August.
  12. Kenny, Charles, 2009. "Is there an anticorruption agenda in utilities?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 156-165, June.
  13. James P. Gander, 2011. "Microeconomics of Corruption Among Developing Economies," Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2011_01, University of Utah, Department of Economics.
  14. Hallward-Driemeier, Mary & Aterido, Reyes, 2009. "Comparing Apples with....Apples : how to make (more) sense of subjective rankings of constraints to business," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5054, The World Bank.
  15. Independent Evaluation Group, 2008. "Public Sector Reform: What Works and Why? An IEG evaluation of World Bank Support," World Bank Publications, The World Bank, number 6484.
  16. Jelena Budak & Edo Rajh, 2012. "Corruption Survey in Croatia: Survey Confidentiality and Trust in Institutions," Working Papers 1201, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb.
  17. James P. Gander, 2011. "Macroeconomic Analysis of Corruption in Developing Economies," Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2011_02, University of Utah, Department of Economics.
  18. Lin, Chen & Lin, Ping & Song, Frank M. & Li, Chuntao, 2011. "Managerial incentives, CEO characteristics and corporate innovation in China's private sector," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(2), pages 176-190, June.

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