Ricerc@Sapienza

The present article aims to provide a comprehensive survey on the delicate issue of corruption in Poland focusing on its diffusion within the public administration. The Criminal Code and the Civil Service Act are supposed to be the primary means to fight corruption, but the polish system has established new measures with due regard for the international recommendations. The paper analyses both the most significant traditional tools and the innovative ones to find out the reasons why corruption still remains a severe concern in Poland despite its comprehensive legislative framework.

In this paper, we offer a comprehensive and updated review of the impact of fiscal decentralization on the economy, society and politics. Our first target is the examination of two crucial and yet unsolved issues in the empirical literature on decentralization: the proper measurement of decentralization itself and its potential endogeneity in econometric estimates. Then, we discuss the

This paper aims to identify the main issues and drivers of sustainable corporate governance to prevent corruption, analysing the interaction between the principal governance bodyeBoard of Directorseand the implementation and application of corruption prevention plans by pointing out exploratory evidence from the company sample. This paper is built upon two steps.