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Leniency, Asymmetric Punishment and Corruption: Evidence from China
Since coming into office two years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping has carried out a sweeping, highly publicized antic…
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SITE Academic Conference “Fighting Corruption in Developing and Transition Countries”
The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Association of Swedish Development Economists (ASWEDE) ha…
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Who Cheats on a Cartel Agreement?
Leniency policies, widely used by antitrust authorities, aim to deter and dissolve cartels by granting a fine reduction…
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On Leniency, Damages and Deterrence
Authors: Catarina Marvão and Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE. On November 26th of 2014, an EU Directive on antitrust damage act…
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Trust and Economic Reforms
This brief discusses the importance of trust in economic development. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, man…
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Academic Inbreeding in Ukraine
In Ukraine, having a university degree only provides a noisy signal of one’s productivity, which means social ties and p…
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Empirical Evidence on Natural Resources and Corruption
This policy brief addresses the relationship between resource wealth and a particular institutional outcome – corruption…
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Accountability in Russia
This policy brief summarizes two recent research papers that are related to obstacles to political accountability in mod…
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Corruption in Eastern Europe as Depicted by Popular Cross-Country Corruption Indicators
In recent years, variously defined indicators of corruption from different sources have aimed at raising awareness about…
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