Corruption, economic growth, and income inequality in Africa |
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Authors: | Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics, University of South Florida, 4202 East Flower Ave., Tampa, FL 33620, USA (813) 974 6520 (e-mail: kgyimah@coba.usf.edu) , US |
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Abstract: | This paper uses panel data from African countries and a dynamic panel estimator to investigate the effects of corruption on economic growth and income distribution. I find that corruption decreases economic growth directly and indirectly through decreased investment in physical capital. A unit increase in corruption reduces the growth rates of GDP and per capita income by between 0.75 and 0.9 percentage points and between 0.39 and 0.41 percentage points per year respectively. The results also indicate that increased corruption is positively correlated with income inequality. The combined effects of decreased income growth and increased inequality suggests that corruption hurts the poor more than the rich in African countries. Received: March 19, 2001 / Accepted: December 14, 2001 RID="*" ID="*" An earlier version of this paper was presented at the first AmFiTan International Conference on Development Ethics in February 2000, Dar er Salaam, Tanzania. I thank two anonymous referees of this Journal for helpful suggestions. I am, however, solely responsible for any remaining errors. |
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Keywords: | : Corruption economic growth income distribution dynamic panel estimator Africa |
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