Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

Abed, George T.; Davoodi, Hamid

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“…Next, from the viewpoint of the study on transition economies, we specify the issues examined in this paper: The number of studies that have examined the determinants of corruption focusing on macro-level factors in transition economies is limited, namely, to those by Recanatini (2000, 2002) and Abed and Davoodi (2000). In addition, however, these studies contain four problems enumerated here.…”

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confidence: 99%

The determinants of corruption in transition economies

Iwasaki

Suzuki

2012

Economics Letters

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The determinants of corruption in transition economies

Iwasaki

Suzuki

2012

Economics Letters

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“…Some recent empirical studies provide evidence of a negative relationship between corruption and FDI inflows (Hines, 1995;Wei, 1997Wei, , 2000Habib and Zurawicki, 2002;Voyer and Beamish, 2004;Hakkala et al, 2008;Al-Sadig, 2009;Schudel, 2010), while others fail to find any significant relationship (Wheeler and Mody, 1992;Abed and Davoodi, 2002;Akçay, 2001). Wei (2000) in a sample of forty-five host countries and fourteen source countries, for the period 1990-1991, concludes how important corruption is on FDI: he found that a tax rate rise on multinational firms has the same negative impact on FDI as a rise of the corruption level.…”

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“…Brunetti, 1997;Poirson, 1998;Li et al, 2000;Mo, 2001;Del Monte and Pagagni, 2001;Leite and Weidmann, 2002;Gyimah-Brempong, 2002;Abed and Davoodi, 2002;Méon and Sekkat, 2005;and Castro, 2008).…”

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Does corruption inhibit foreign direct investment?

Castro

Nunes²

2013

Revista Política

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Globalization creates new opportunities for firms to invest abroad and many economies are making active efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in order to promote economic growth. Decisions to invest abroad depend on a complex set of factors, but the least corrupt countries may attract more foreign direct investment because they provide a more favorable climate for investors. In this paper we investigate the impact of corruption on FDI inflows in 73 countries, over the period 1998-2008. Our results suggest that countries where corruption is lower, the FDI inflows are greater, and so controlling corruption may be an important strategy for increase FDI inflows. Keywords: Corruption, Foreign Direct Investment, economic growth. ¿La corrupción inhibe La inversión extranjera Directa?La globalización ha creado nuevas oportunidades para invertir en el extranjero y muchas economías están haciendo esfuerzos para atraer inversión extranjera directa (IED) con el fin de promover el crecimiento económico. La decisión de invertir en el extranjero depende de un complejo conjunto de factores. No obstante, los países menos corruptos pueden atraer más inversión extranjera directa, ya que proporcionan un clima más favorable para los inversionistas. En este trabajo se investiga el impacto de la corrupción sobre los flujos de IED en 73 países, en el período 1998-2008. Los resultados sugieren que los países donde la corrupción es menor, las entradas de IED son mayores, por lo que el control de la corrupción puede ser una estrategia importante para aumentar los flujos de IED. Palabras clave: corrupción, Inversión extranjera directa, crecimiento económico.

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“…According to Abed and Davoodi (2002) and Smarzynska and Wei (2000), corruption had a dissuasive effect-similar to tax-on foreign direct investments. The increase in the corruption index created a negative impact on foreign direct investments.…”

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The Consequences of Corruption on Inflation in Developing Countries: Evidence from Panel Cointegration and Causality Tests

Özşahin

Üçler

2017

Economies

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Up until the 1980s, studies on corruption were dominated by disciplines of public administration and sociology. In the following years, however, economists have also provided a good amount of research on this issue. According to Transparency International Agency, corruption, which has a negative impact on most macroeconomic indicators, is "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain". Even though the disruption of corruption causing weak growth and investment rates has long been examined, there is little evidence regarding its impact on inflation. In this study, the nexus between corruption and inflation was investigated for 20 countries over the period 1995-2015. Estimation results indicated that high corruption increased inflation rates, and that there was a unidirectional causal relationship from corruption to inflation for ten countries in the sample.

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Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

Cited by 131 publications

References 40 publications

The determinants of corruption in transition economies

The determinants of corruption in transition economies

Does corruption inhibit foreign direct investment?

The Consequences of Corruption on Inflation in Developing Countries: Evidence from Panel Cointegration and Causality Tests

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