Natural experiments on corruption:

Di Tella, Raphael and Ernesto Schargrodsky. 2003. "The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires " The Journal of Law and Economics, 46:1, pp. 269-92.

Duggan, Mark and Steven D. Levitt. 2002. "Winning Isn't Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling." American Economic Review, 92:5, pp. 1594-605.

Ferraz, Claudio and Frederico Finan (2008): "Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123, 703-745.

Reinikka, Ritva and Jakob Svensson. 2004. "The Power of Information : Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture." Policy Research Working Paper Series 3239. The World Bank.

 

 

 

 

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