On Corruption, UN, and Soccer

This video describes the relationship between the Corruption Perceptions Index of a country and the probability to achieve a desired result to avoid relegation in a country's soccer league.
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Academic studies used in this video:
A study on diplomats in UN:
*Fisman, R. and Miguel E. (2007). ‘Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets’, Journal of Political Economy, 115(6), 1020-1048.
A study on sumo:
*Duggan, M. and Levitt, S. (2002). ‘Winning Isn’t Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling’, American Economic Review, 92(5), 1594-1605.
A study on soccer:
*Elaad, G., Krumer, A. and Kantor, J. (2018). ‘Corruption and sensitive soccer games: cross-country evidence.‘ The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 34(3), pp.364-394.
Other related studies on corruption:
*Ades, A. and Di Tella, R. (1999). ‘Rents, Competition, and Corruption’, American Economic Review, 89, pp.982-993.
*Clarke, G. and Xu, L. (2004). ‘Privatization, Competition, and Corruption: How Characteristics of Bribe Takers and Payers Affect Bribes to Utilities’, Journal of Public Economics, 88(9-10), 2067-2097.
*Enikolopov, R., Petrova, M. and Sonin, K. (2018). ‘Social media and corruption‘, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(1), pp.150-74.
*Guriev, S. (2004). ‘Red tape and corruption‘, Journal of Development Economics, 73(2), pp.489-504.
*Mauro, P. (1995). ‘Corruption and Growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110(3), pp.681-712.
*Pinotti, P. (2015). ‘The Causes and Consequences of Organised Crime: Preliminary Evidence across Countries’, The Economic Journal, 125, pp.158-174.
*Shleifer, A. and Vishny, R.W. (1993). ‘Corruption’, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108(3), pp.599-617.
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Please note that all the references to the mentioned studies in the video appear in description of the video.

[@terryunde]

Outstanding. Your ability to take complex research and package them into a short video without losing the core essence of the research is fantastic. As one of the commentators said, keep them coming.

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Great video Alex, keep them coming!

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👍 Good job 💪