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corruption on economic growth of AFTZ member states. The study employed a panel data analysis for the period 2010-2016, using … Stata Statistical Software. The study findings for the bloc, indicated that corruption, trading across borders, getting …
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The main purpose of the paper is to analyze GDP PPP per capita growth rates across countries in the period 1980-2008, as well as to identify top and bottom country performers. In addition, the author verifies the statistical relationship between GDP PPP per capita and some arbitrary selected...
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For a large sample of 61 developing countries, over the period 1980-95, we calculate a measure of the efficiency with which national political-economic systems convert a given volume of material resources (GNP per capita) into human development (longevity, education and literacy) for their...
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Economists have a long argue that political process such as democracy and corruption are important for economic growth … mitigate the negative effect of corruption on economic growth. Although most democratic countries in our sample have a high … level of corruption, the electoral mechanism inhibits leaders from engaging in acts of corruption that cause damage to …
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The relationship between corruption and economic growth has been the focus of numerous studies. However, no consensus … seems to exist on the mechanisms via which corruption should reduce growth. The aim of this paper is to identify the … transmission channels through which corruption is likely to affect economic growth. Unlike most previous analysis in this area that …
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This paper provides a within-country analysis of the impact of corruption on economic growth using a panel of Italian … regions from 1968 to 2011 through a robust measure of corruption. This measure is averaged over 5-year periods to reduce short …-run fluctuations and to reduce probable delayed effects, which are typical for latent phenomena such as corruption. The results show a …
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and to provide a new analysis on the relationship between conflict, corruption, natural resources and military expenditure … higher internal or external threats and for countries with large natural resource wealth once corruption levels are accounted …
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Abstract The World Bank (2000) asserts that corruption is the single greatest impediment to economic growth in third … world countries. This study was set out to investigate the impact of corruption on economic growth in Nigeria from 1986 to …, their long run relationship and to determine values of long run parameters. The results show that corruption exerts …
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represented by Human Development Index (2007) and Human Poverty Index (2006). Democracy Index (2008) and Corruption Perceptions …
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Corruption is a symptom and outcome of institutional deficiency, with potentially adverse effects on economic growth …. This paper aims to provide a synthesis of the existing evidence on the relationship between corruption and economic growth … findings indicate that corruption has a negative effect on per-capita GDP growth overall. We also report that corruption is …
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