The Persistence of Corruption and Regulatory Compliance Failures : Theory and Evidence /

This paper examines the reasons why corruption and policy distortions tend to exhibit a high degree of persistence in certain regimes. We identify circumstances under which a firm seeks to evade regulations by (1) bribing of local inspectors, and (2) lobbying high-level government politicians to res...

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Autor Principal: Fredriksson, Per
Outros autores: Damania, Richard, Mani, Muthukumara
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/172
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF