Corruption – The Politic and Bureaucratic Shield of the Underground Economy

Acta Universitatis Danubius: Oeconomica

关键词: corrup tion;    underground economy;    Corruption Perception Index;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In a conditional manner, corruption is considered the specific behavior for the entity thatrepresents the state and public authority of using public resources for personal profits. Internationalinstitutions for corruption evaluation (the World Bank or Transparency International) generallyqualify the phenomenon as“the abuse of public power for private benefit”.Thus, corruption andunderground economy create the condition for the development of group interests, that, thanks to theirinfluence, do not subordinate the national legislation and control the political and economical nationalsystems, giving a perspective on what is known in the professional literature as“state capture”(Hellman & Kaufmann, 2001).

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