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Social Sciences, 2018 This study examines the correlation between corporate governance and corruption (firm bribery) using 8885 firms in four emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICs).
Kyunga Na, Young-Hee Kang, Yang Sok Kim
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A network-based rating system and its resistance to bribery [PDF]
, 2016 We study a rating system in which a set of individuals (e.g., the customers of a restaurant) evaluate a given service (e.g, the restaurant), with their aggregated opinion determining the probability of all individuals to use the service and thus its ...
Grandi, U, Turrini, P
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Photoswitching Conduction in Framework Materials
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This mini‐review summarizes recent advances in state‐of‐the‐art proton and electron conduction in framework materials that can be remotely and reversibly switched on and off by light. It discusses the various photoswitching conduction mechanisms and the strategies employed to enhance photoswitched conductivity.
Helmy Pacheco Hernandez +4 more
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Deterrence and constrained enforcement: Alternative regimes to deal with bribery [PDF]
This study embeds transaction cost analysis into a Law and Economics model to produce general recommendations on how to deter bribery. Governments may deter bribery either by high penalties and risks of detection, potentially supported by leniency given ...
Graf Lambsdorff, Johann
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz +3 more
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DO FIRMS IN POST-SOVIET ECONOMIES SUFFER MORE FROM CORRUPTION? A COMPARISON OF POST-SOVIET AND OTHER DEVELOPING ECONOMIES [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria EconomieThe study examines the socio-economic challenges arising due to corruption in post-Soviet and other developing economies. We use the World Bank’s Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS).
HALIL D. KAYA
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A programmable interpenetrating double‐network architecture, created via 3D‐TIPS printing and resin infusion, synergistically combines thermoplastic and thermosetting elastomers to balance structural rigidity and surface softness—crucial for paediatric laryngeal stents.
Elizabeth F. Maughan +14 more
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The Harm Principle as a Basis for the Criminalization of Match Fixing in Football Competitions
Ius PoenaleThe credibility of football has been repeatedly questioned due to allegations of bribery and related violations, as reflected in judicial decisions such as Case No.
Emmilia Rusdiana +2 more
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Bribery in Health Care in Peru and Uganda [PDF]
In this paper, I examine the role of household income in determining who bribes and how much they bribe in health care in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care: doubling household ...
Jennifer Hunt
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A multifunctional nanodiamond platform enables pH‐triggered Diazoxide (DZX) delivery and quantum sensing of subcellular radical dynamics in triple‐negative breast cancer cells. Diamond relaxometry revealed reduced lysosomal radicals during DZX‐induced mitochondrial radical elevation, providing insights into redox modulation and organelle‐ resolved ...
Kaiqui Wu +8 more
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