Causes of corruption: a survey of cross-country analyses and extended results |
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Authors: | Lorenzo Pellegrini Reyer Gerlagh |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX The Hague, The Netherlands;(2) Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) School of Social Sciences, Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
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Abstract: | We survey and assess the empirical literature on the sources of corruption Thanks to the improved availability of data, we are able to produce an improved cross-country econometric model to test well-established and more recent hypotheses jointly. We do not find that the common law system, or a past as a British colony predicts corruption. Our results support cultural theories on the causes of corruption, and suggest that a medium-long exposure to uninterrupted democracy is associated with lower corruption levels, while political instability tends to raise corruption. Our results also suggest that the diffusion of newspapers helps to lower corruption levels. |
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Keywords: | Corruption Ethnolinguistic fractionalization Democracy Political instability |
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