Causes of corruption: a survey of cross-country analyses and extended results
By L. Pellegrini, Reyer Gerlagh. 2008
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We survey and assess the empirical literature on the sources of corruption Thanks to the improved availability of data, we are able to produce an improved cross-country econometric model to test well-established and more recent hypotheses jointly. We do not find that the common law system, or a past as a British colony predicts corruption. Our results support cultural theories on the causes of corruption, and suggest that a medium-long exposure to uninterrupted democracy is associated with lower corruption levels, while political instability tends to raise corruption. Our results also suggest that the diffusion of newspapers helps to lower corruption levels.
Subfields: Demography, Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science
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- Exploring the links between corruption and growth (2011, unknown): “Pellegrini and Gerlagh (2008) undertake a similar exercise using newly available data that cover a large sample of countries.”
- Measures of corruption and determinants of US corruption (2011, background): “• Greater diffusion of newspapers (Media) lowers perceived corruption, consistent withcorrespondingcross-nationalfindingsusingcorruptionperceptions( Pellegrini and Gerlagh 2008 ).”
- CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION: WHAT HAS PAST DECADE'S EMPIRICAL RESEARCH TAUGHT US? A SURVEY (2018, unknown): “However, an empirical study that aimed to determine the effects of common law on corruption found no significant relationship after controlling for other factors (Pellegrini and Gerlagh, 2008).”