Corruption and Anticorruption in the Czech Republic

No 345, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: It is widely acknowledged that corruption has negative impact on economy and society. Transition process in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) uncovered dormant possibilities for corruption that consequently required appropriate steps to be taken against. We attempted to document the state of corruption in the Czech Republic and the measures introduced to fight it. We covered sectors of society and economy according to their importance in the prevention of a corruption and a consequential hazard to the society. We also described the governmental concept of anti-corruption measures and outlined achievements and failures of such a program. The overall impression favors persistent presence of corruption within the society and economy in the Czech Republic. The state of corruption in the country, measured by the Corruption Perception Index, presents a serious problem since the index does not improve as transition process advances. Numerous comparative studies, however, suggest that corruption is more prominent feature in a number of other transition countries. We believe that the institutional framework to prevent and fight corruption appears to be improving.

Keywords: corruption; intitutions; transition; hidden economy; administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H50 I20 K42 O17 P27 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2000-10-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-law, nep-mic and nep-pol
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Journal Article: State of corruption in transition: case of the Czech Republic (2001)
Working Paper: The Paradox of Czech Crusaders: Will They Ever Learn the Corruption Lesson? (Corruption and Anticorruption in the Czech Republic) (2001)
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