In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … literature in four ways. First, instead of using corruption indices assembled by various investment risk services, we use an … objective measure of corruption: the number of public officials convicted in a state for crimes related to corruption. Second …

In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … literature in four ways. First, instead of using corruption indices assembled by various investment risk services, we use an … objective measure of corruption: the number of public officials convicted in a state for crimes related to corruption. Second …

This study shows that the level of trust matters for how corruption affects public policy outcomes in the long run, in … strength of industry and environmental lobby groups, and therefore the effects of corruption. We construct a unique index … measuring the reflection of corruption in each state using Associated Press (AP) state news wires. We estimate the long …