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ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos +2 more
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Education, corruption and growth in developing countries [PDF]
Education is key in explaining growth, as emphasized recently by Krueger and Lindahl (2001). But for a given level of education, what can explain the missing growth in developing countries ?
Cuong Le Van, Mathilde Maurel
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What Is Corruption and Bribery? A Social Representations Study From the Views of Young Adults
Corruption and bribery are often seen as the same in public messages, but people might understand them in different ways. These varying perceptions can significantly influence how anti-corruption efforts are received and understood.
Lim Mengzhen +3 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms in emerging economies integrate artificial intelligence (AI) with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices to enhance biodiversity conservation and circular economy outcomes. It examines the mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance and the moderating effect of ...
Suleman Bawa, Simplice A. Asongu
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Utilities reforms and corruption in developing countries [PDF]
This paper shows empirically that"privatization"in the energy, telecommunications, and water sectors, and the introduction of independent regulators in those sectors, have not always had the expected effects on access, affordability, or quality of ...
Estache, Antonio +2 more
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The Failure of Anti-Corruption Policies: A Theoretical Mischaracterization of the Problem [PDF]
With an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of corruption on development, strategies to fight it are now a top priority in policy circles around the world.
Persson, Anna +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu +2 more
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Legalize It: An argument for formalizing petty corruption wen state capacity is low [PDF]
Corruption in the form of informal payments to bureaucrats for public services are a major problem around the world. There are however few theories of how countries can get rid of corruption. I argue that petty corruption must be understood not only as a
Sundell, Anders
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Corruption Crime: the concept, structure, dynamics
This article discusses one of the most pressing problems of today. Corruption in government in modern Kazakhstan is one of the most pressing problems without a radical solution that can not be effective development of Kazakhstan’s society.
K.K. Begalinova, G.B. Kabanbaeva
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