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A Panel Study on the Relationship Between Corruption and Government Size
Article / Working Paper, Corruption, Democracy, Parliament, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankUsing panel data from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that the effect of government size on corruption is positive at a low level of democracy, but it is negative at a high level. This finding could fill the gaps in previous studies whose findings on the relationship between corruption and government size are controversial. The results on the effect of government size on...
Economic freedom and economic performance: evidence from ECOWAS countries using panel data analysis
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Media, Academic/Think TankThe paper used the Heritage Foundation measure of economic freedom (the aggregate and the component indices) and analyzed its impact on economy-wide as well as sectoral economic performance using panel data and mixed-fixed random effects models estimation approach. The results suggest that: · economic freedom negatively affected...
The Causal Relationship between Corruption and Poverty: A Panel Data Analysis
Article / Working Paper, Corruption, Academic/Think TankMost of the studies which have investigated the link between corruption and poverty may draw conclusions on causality in the form of models that only show correlation. This study is set out to investigate the Granger causal relationship between corruption and poverty. It uses dynamic panel system GMM estimators, focuses on capability poverty using human poverty index (HPI) and is based on a...