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An international survey of perceptions of the 2014 FIFA World Cup: National levels of corruption as a context for perceptions of institutional corruption. KU Leuven
We conducted a survey about the 2014 FIFA World Cup that measured attitudes about FIFA, players, and officials in 18 languages with 4600 respondents from 29 countries. Sixty percent of respondents perceived FIFA officials as being dishonest, and people from countries with less institutional corruption and stronger rule of law perceived FIFA officials as being more corrupt and less competent running the tournament than people from countries with ...
Le Groupe d’États contre la corruption (GRECO) et la transparence en matière de comptabilité des partis politiques KU Leuven
Le Groupe d’États contre la corruption (GRECO) est l’une des principales organisations internationales chargées de lutter contre le phénomène de la corruption. Fondé en 1999, cet organe du Conseil de l’Europe compte aujourd’hui une cinquantaine d’États membres : essentiellement des États européens (dont la Belgique), mais aussi les États-Unis, la Russie et la Turquie.Méconnu voire inconnu du grand public, le GRECO a pour objectif, selon son ...
Corruption, business environment, and firm growth in Vietnam Ghent University
Corruption is fought by governments in both developing and developed countries because it can harm economic development. However, it has raised the question of why it still exists at a high level in emerging markets like Vietnam. With the data from surveys of the World Bank, Vietnam Competitive Initiative, and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, this study provides details of the impact of corruption on firm growth and the effect of ...
Behavioral economics and monetary wisdom : a cross-level analysis of monetary aspiration, pay (dis)satisfaction, risk perception, and corruption in 32 nations Ghent University
Corruption involves greed, money, and risky decision-making. We explore the love of money, pay satisfaction, probability of risk, and dishonesty across cultures. Avaricious monetary aspiration breeds unethicality. Prospect theory frames decisions in the gains-losses domain and high-low probability. Pay dissatisfaction (in the losses domain) incites dishonesty in the name of justice at the individual level. The Corruption Perceptions Index, CPI, ...
The impact of regulatory quality and corruption on residential electricity prices in the context of electricity market reforms Hasselt University
The European electricity markets have been undergoing significant regulatory reforms since the introduction of the first liberalisation directive in 1996. Theory predicts that liberalisation promotes cost-efficient production and competition and hence leads to lower prices. The goal of this paper is to assess the impact of regulatory quality and non-compliance with the law on electricity prices in the context of electricity market reforms. We ...
The Impact of Media Coverage of Corruption on Spanish Public Opinion Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper analyses media coverage of corruption scandals in Spain between 1996 and 2009. The first aim is to determine to what extent the two most-read newspapers in Spain, El País and El Mundo, cover corruption scandals following different political orientations. Results illustrate highly partisan media coverage: there are important differences in how these newspapers cover corruption cases, depending on the political party involved (PP or ...
Why farm households have differences in corruption experiences? : evidences from Bangladesh Ghent University
The article explores the household-level determinants of corruption and its different forms in Bangladesh. It also identifies the micro-level factors for which households pay different amount of bribe. To attain these objectives, experiences of 210 Bangladeshi farm households belonging to six different districts of the country are analyzed. The econometric analyses show that the households with higher expenditure are more likely to face ...
The perception of corruption in Belgium: a diversity of the crime phenomenon. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The perception of corruption in Belgium: a diversity of the crime phenomenon