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Global economic crisis and corruption experience: Evidence from transition economies

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  • Artjoms Ivlevs

    (University of the West of England, Bristol)

  • Timothy Hinks

    (University of the West of England, Bristol)

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The wider effects of the 2008-2009 global economic crisis are currently underexplored. We fill this gap by studying the effects of the crisis on household corruption experience in 30 transition economies. We find that households hit by crisis are more likely to bribe public officials. Among bribe givers, the crisis victims are more likely to pay bribes because public officials ask them to do so. Our findings support the conjecture that the crisis increased people’s vulnerability, which, in turn, was exploited by public officials.

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  • Artjoms Ivlevs & Timothy Hinks, 2013. "Global economic crisis and corruption experience: Evidence from transition economies," Working Papers 20131315, Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol.
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