Abstract: AbstractPolitical corruption in the land sector is pervasive, but difficult to document and effectively prosecute. This article provides new evidence on political land corruption in Malta, the European Union’s smallest member state and one of the world’s most densely populated countries. It shows how the country’s highly restrictive zoning laws, along with ade jureindependent regulator, have created opportunities for extensive and endemic corruption in the granting of land development permits in zones that are outside development. It prov...
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