This paper analyzes the existing relationship between ethnic fractionalization, corruption and the growth rate of a country. We provide a simple theoretical model. We show that a nonlinear relationship between fractionalization and corruption exists: corruption is high in homogeneous or very...

In this paper I present a brief survey on corruption from an economic point of view. Since corruption is a very complex phenomenon, the first part of the work gives an overview of possible definitions of corruption offered by the economic literature. Then, I focus on the major causes which may...