The paper explores a game-theoretic model of petty corruption involving a sequence of entrepreneurs and a track of bureaucrats. Each entrepreneur’s project is approved if and only if it is cleared by each bureaucrat. The project value is stochastic; its value is observed only by the entrepreneur, but its distribution is common knowledge. Each bureaucrat clears the project only if a bribe is pai...

the current research aims to identify and prioritize the factors affecting public trust in government agencies in tehran. for this purpose, 39 variables that affect public trust were extracted by reviewing the literature of the context, then, they were used for preparing the questionnaire. research methods are descriptive, exploratory, applied and fieldwork. validity and reliability of the ques...

The problem of political corruption is particularly relevant for modern criminological science. processes formation and functioning power, due to their high social significance, have long been subject negative corruption, therefore they need a special protection mechanism. the study legal regulation banning financing activities (election campaigns), as well its reflection in local regulations c...

systematic and widespread corruption; a problem in russia’s transition period russia is among those countries that are grappled with widespread and systematic corruption in state organizations. meanwhile, different russian governments have failed to reduce the scope of corruption. this article studies nature, roots and repercussions of corruption and analyzes approaches to combat it in russia. ...

More than 80% of the world population lives in low-income countries. One of the major problems facing low-income countries is corruption. Corruption can be defined as abuse of trust and intentional violation of duty, motivated by gaining personal advantage, from a party in need of a decision or service by a public servant [1]. In many low-income nations, corruption exists at all levels and affe...

Although both the academic and policy communities have attached great importance to measuring corruption, most of the currently available measures are biased and too broad to test theory or guide policy. This article proposes a new composite indicator of grand corruption based on a wide range of elementary indicators. These indicators are derived from a rich qualitative evidence on public procu...

The provisions of normative legal acts that determine the prosecutor's office scope competence, in particular their tasks and functions, have been studied. As a result, it has found current approach to determining competence is manifested primarily consolidation at legislative level main functions office; Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) are fixed departmental regulation wi...

This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities are divided into omnibus anti-corruption programmes, legislative reform aimed at tackling corruption, and adherence to international anti-corruption conventions. The paper presents a new measure for determining the extent of anti-corruption activity undertaken in these three c...