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Introduction
Corruption exists in both developed and develo** countries of various political and economic systems, and its occurrence is highly associated with the economic growth and development stages of the country (B...
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Over recent years, the issue of corruption in the public construction sector has attracted increasing attention from both practitioners and researchers worldwide. However, limited was done to investigate the u...
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Corruption in Construction: A Global Review
In the past decade, the corruption issue in the construction industry has attracted wide attention not only from researchers in developed countries such as the United States (Crist 2009; Sohail and Cavill 2008), ...
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Assessing Collusion Risks in Public Construction Projects: A Case of China
Collusion has been defined as a set of behaviours where competitors coordinate their market behaviour surreptitiously, which is contrary to the principles of free competition (Chotibhongs and Arditi 2012a, b; Zar...
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Underlying Factors of Corruption in the Public Construction Sector
As a core sector, construction has played a vital role in contributing to the economic and social developments of human societies (De Jong et al. 2009). However, in the recent years, its positive social images ha...
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Effectiveness of Prevailing Anti-corruption Strategies
Corruption vulnerabilities in the public construction sector have raised in various countries around the world, particularly in those develo** ones, which are caused by continual economic growth and rapid ur...
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Collusive Practices in Public Construction Projects: A Case of China
Collusion is a set of behaviours where competitors coordinate their market behaviour surreptitiously, which is contrary to the principles of free competition (Chotibhongs and Arditi 2012a, b; Zarkada-Fraser 20...
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Principal Causes of Corruption in the Public Construction Sector
The positive social image of the public construction sector has deteriorated because of a growing number of corrupt practices worldwide over the past decade, particularly in develo** countries, which are the...
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Measuring Corruption in Public Construction Project: A Case of China
Compared with developed countries, those develo** countries have more serious corruption problems as they are undergoing the transition of economy and lack mature legislative and administrative system (Ling ...