We draw from theories of institutions and collective identities to present a threefold framework of institutional change—involving institutional logics, resources, and social actors—that furthers our understanding of the mitigation of corruption. Those social actors intent on reforming corruption function as institutional entrepreneurs, and their success depends both on articulating an anticorr...

MARCELO A. COLOMINAS∗,‡, GASTÓN SCHLOTTHAUER∗,§, MARÍA E. TORRES∗,¶ and PATRICK FLANDRIN†,‖ ∗CONICET – Laboratorio de Señales y Dinámicas no Lineales Facultad de Ingenieŕıa, Universidad Nacional de Entre Rı́os Ruta 11Km 10, Oro Verde, Entre Rı́os 3100, Argentina †Laboratoire de Physique (UMR 5672 CNRS ) École Normale Supérieure de Lyon 46 allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France ‡macolominas@b...

Terrorism has been considered as a challenge with serious effect in the world as a result of instability, corruption and lack of democracy in most countries. Confronting this phenomenon requires recognizing its roots to find possible solutions. This study aims to examine the effect of some actual factors which causes the terrorism in short and long run. To this end, investigation has been condu...

This literature provided a basis for SD model building. Additional experiences in Indonesia maintained model realism. One SD corruption overview is based on the oft cited idea that 'amount of corruption' is part of reinforcing loops linked to 'amount of bureaucratic red tape.' In this view, corruption is imbedded in positive feedback loops also linking it to lowered economic openness, a weak le...

This paper empirically analyzes the main microeconomic determinants of two forms of corruption supply, administrative corruption and state capture, by Maghrebi firms. This study is based on a new database of near 600 Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian firms. I show that tax evasion is a major factor of the engagement of firms in administrative corruption. The latter increases with the share of sal...

Using different combinations of culture, development and openness to international trade, we test the variability in the incidences of corruption at different stages of development or in other words the non-linearities in the relationship between corruption and development. We employ formal threshold model developed by Hansen (2000), and unlike the existing literature, we find that: (1) non-lin...

The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. There is increasing recognition that corruption has substantial, adverse effects on economic growth. But if the costs of corruption are so hi...

Corruption is a serious problem in Asia and elsewhere. Harrison and Vinod's (1992) confidence interval for the marginal excess burden (MEB) of taxation is used to estimates the economic harm arising from corruption. One dollar of corruption is estimated to impose a burden of $1.67, which becomes very large when compounded over time. After a brief review of economic theory, this paper uses data ...