Governments play a central role in facilitating economic development. Yet while economists
have long emphasized the importance of government quality, historically they have paid less …

This article offers the first comprehensive review of the interdisciplinary state of knowledge
regarding anti-corruption policies, with a particular focus on reducing corruption among civil …

This paper examines the extent to which government audits of public resources can reduce
corruption by enhancing political and judiciary accountability. We do so in the context of …

We estimate the causal real economic effects of a randomized anti-corruption crackdown on
local governments in Brazil using rich micro-data on corruption and firms. After anti …

We study the effects of audits on long run compliance behavior using a random audit
program covering more than 53,000 tax returns. We find that audits raise reported tax …

We report results from a randomized policy experiment designed to test whether increased
audit risk deters rent extraction in three areas of local government activity in Brazil …

We analyse income inequality in the UK from 1978 to 2009 in order to understand why
income inequality rose very rapidly from 1978 to 1991 but then remained broadly …

This paper uses the unbalanced panel data of 156 countries during the period of 2002 to
2018 to explore the possible impact of government efficiency on health outcomes. Firstly, we …

Decentralization reforms, implemented to improve efficiency and service provision, pose a
challenge for federal governments that would like to ensure that federal resources are used …

The political appointment of bureaucrats–or patronage, in short–1 is a ubiquitous
phenomenon, both in the developed and the develo** world (Kopecky et al., 2012; …