Eight Questions about Corruption
讨论了关于公共腐败的八个常见问题,涵盖定义、国家差异、特征、规模、工资影响、竞争作用、治理失败及对经济增长的影响,适合对腐败研究感兴趣的学者。
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?