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100			_aVita, Giuseppe Di
245			_aCurbing corruption in public administration: A case study from Italy
260			_c2011
300			_ap.631-645.
362			_ajul-sep
520			_aThe aim of this article is to verify whether the historic sentence, no. 500/1999 of the Italian Legitimacy Court (Corte di Cassazione) in Plenary Session, may have contributed to diminshing bribery in Italy, by increasing the area of liability for both civil servants and the public administration. The empirical analysis is based on a case study conducted in Sicily, in the province of Catania, using a unique data set. The main results of the article are: paying bureaucrats by means of an incentive wage regimes may not be effective in reducing corruption; an extension of the liablity rule for the public administration and civil servants may discourage the phenomenon of bribery; and, the perfect specification o f property rights helps to reduced corruption. - Reproduced.
650			_aCorruption - Case studies
650			_aPublic administration - Italy
650			_aCorruption - Italy
650			_aCorruption
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
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909			_a94212
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