The paper investigates the link between corruption and efficiency by using a rich micro-level dataset concerning solid waste collection activities in 529 Italian municipalities observed over the years 2004-2006. In order to test the impact of corruption on cost efficiency we estimate a stochastic latent class frontier approach, which accounts for technological heterogeneity across units. The results of our estimates show that corruption significantly increases inefficiency, a finding which is robust to the inclusion of alternative local corruption indicators and of other control variables such as geographical, demographic and political factors. Finally, we find that the impact of corruption tends to be greater in the southern regions of the...
Several studies shows that corruption is a persistent phenomenon and that many anticorruption campai...
According to several indexes of corruption, the Italian society is strongly affected by this negativ...
In this paper, I empirically investigate the presence of spillover effects resulting from the streng...
This paper explores the link between accountability, corruption and efficiency in the context of the...
This paper explores the link between voters’ information, corruption, and efficiency in the context ...
This study analyzes the association between the environmental performance of waste management and oc...
This paper investigates the efficiency of Italian local governments using Stochastic Frontier Analys...
This paper investigates the impact of corruption on tax revenues. Drawing on Italian regional data t...
This work explores the determinants of public corruption using a regional panel dataset on crimes pe...
There is a vast body of literature supporting the claim that the availability and accessibility of i...
According to several indexes of corruption, Italian society is strongly affected by this negative ph...
This paper investigates the causes of corruption in the Italian regions for the period 1980 to 2002 ...
This paper uses data contained in the Regional Public Accounts database to investigate the heterogen...
In this paper, we study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may lead to...
In recent years, young brain drain within Italian provinces has increased at higher speed than ever....
Several studies shows that corruption is a persistent phenomenon and that many anticorruption campai...
According to several indexes of corruption, the Italian society is strongly affected by this negativ...
In this paper, I empirically investigate the presence of spillover effects resulting from the streng...
This paper explores the link between accountability, corruption and efficiency in the context of the...
This paper explores the link between voters’ information, corruption, and efficiency in the context ...
This study analyzes the association between the environmental performance of waste management and oc...
This paper investigates the efficiency of Italian local governments using Stochastic Frontier Analys...
This paper investigates the impact of corruption on tax revenues. Drawing on Italian regional data t...
This work explores the determinants of public corruption using a regional panel dataset on crimes pe...
There is a vast body of literature supporting the claim that the availability and accessibility of i...
According to several indexes of corruption, Italian society is strongly affected by this negative ph...
This paper investigates the causes of corruption in the Italian regions for the period 1980 to 2002 ...
This paper uses data contained in the Regional Public Accounts database to investigate the heterogen...
In this paper, we study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may lead to...
In recent years, young brain drain within Italian provinces has increased at higher speed than ever....
Several studies shows that corruption is a persistent phenomenon and that many anticorruption campai...
According to several indexes of corruption, the Italian society is strongly affected by this negativ...
In this paper, I empirically investigate the presence of spillover effects resulting from the streng...