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Discretionary power, rent-seeking and corruption. [PDF]
This article considers corruption as a breach of contract between a principal and an agent. This does not necessarily imply that corruption is immoral, for the nature of the violation actually depends on the features of the underlying contract.
Enrico Colombatto
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Fighting corruption in education: What works and who benefits? [PDF]
, 2017 We investigate the distributional consequences of a corruption-fighting initiative in Romania targeting the endemic fraud in a high-stakes high school exit exam, which introduced CCTV monitoring of the exam and credible punishment threats for teachers ...
Andreea Mitrut +3 more
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AIChE Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This work experimentally validates the RESPONSE (Resilient Process cONtrol SystEm) framework as a solution for maintaining safe, continuous operation of cyber‐physical process systems under cyberattacks. RESPONSE implements a dual‐loop architecture that runs a networked online controller in parallel with a hard‐isolated offline controller ...
Luyang Liu +5 more
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Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil [PDF]
While cross-country analysis suggests that corruption hinders economic growth, we have little evidence on the mechanisms that link corruption to long-run economic development. We provide micro-evidence on the consequences of corruption for the quality of
Claudio Ferraz +2 more
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Corruption and Educational Outcomes: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2008 Corruption is a problem that continues to plague developed and developing countries worldwide. Previous studies have explored the negative implications of corruption on several aspects of human development, but, despite its serious and long-lasting ...
FRANCIS L. HUANG
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Deep Learning‐Assisted Coherent Raman Scattering Microscopy
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.The analytical capabilities of coherent Raman scattering microscopy are augmented through deep learning integration. This synergistic paradigm improves fundamental performance via denoising, deconvolution, and hyperspectral unmixing. Concurrently, it enhances downstream image analysis including subcellular localization, virtual staining, and clinical ...
Jianlin Liu +4 more
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Мониторинг правоприменения, 2014 In his paper Consequences of Corruption the author tries to find answers to the questions why corruption is considered to be harmful and whether it is possible to measure its consequences. The author manages to show that corruption has truly damaging effects, especially in the economic and social area and that some of the corruption effects (on ...
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Corruption and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries [PDF]
The study of corruption is attracting lot of attention in recent years. Focusing on the economic consequences of corruption, the empirical evidence points to a positive relation between institutional integrity, or absence of corruption, and economic ...
Javier Salinas-Jimenez +1 more
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Corruption - a Relevant Factor in the International Economic Crisis [PDF]
Risk in Contemporary Economy, 2012 Corruption is divided into small low-level corruption and high-level corruption. Small level little corruption is defined as the area of corruption which does not prejudice the interests of the majority of individuals.
George DIMOFTE +2 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.The use of image quality metrics in combination with machine learning enables automatic image quality assessment for fluorescence microscopy images. The method can be integrated into the experimental pipeline for optical microscopy and utilized to classify artifacts in experimental images and to build quality rankings with a reference‐free approach ...
Elena Corbetta, Thomas Bocklitz
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