The Never-Ending Fight: Economic and Political Corruption in Hungary

Laszlo Kohalmi ()
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Laszlo Kohalmi: University of Pecs

DANUBE: Law and Economics Review, 2013, issue 1, 67-82

Abstract: Every society must pay the “price of democracy” and in this price are “calculated” the rising number of crimes and the change in their quality, and also the unique alterations of corruption, among other things. The fight against economic-political corruption is a risky question, because the hunters and the hunted, those who conduct and those who undergo impeachment, are often members of the same political elite. It is in the interest of tax-payers that public funds should not become cash bribes, and furthermore that the rule of corruption should not grow dominant in even a single sphere. If we consider the moral weakness of politicians as the genesis of economic and political corruption, then the appropriate anti-corruption strategy would be the right combination of penalty policy and payment policy.

Keywords: Corruption; Price of Democracy; Lose their Legitimacy; Public Procurement; Penalty Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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