A Comparative Study of Inequality and Corruption

By You， Jong-sung, Sanjeev Khagram. 2005

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Subfields: Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science

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Inequality and Media Capture (2008, neutral): “…can disproportionately affect politics in a variety of ways: through lobbying and campaign contributions (Baron, 1994, Grossman and Helpman, 2001), subversion of the judiciary system (Glaeser et al., 2003, Sonin, 2003), threats (Dal Bo and Di Tella, 2003), and corruption (You and Khagram, 2005).”
God and the government: testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems. (2008, methodology): “The Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated on a yearly basis for a large set of countries and is considered one of the most reliable cross-national comparison indexes (see You & Khagram, 2005).”
Collectivism and corruption in bank lending (2013, neutral): “You and Khagram (2005) provide arguments that can help interpret this result.”
What Have We Learned About the Causes of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-National Empirical Research? (2007, neutral): “Third, You & Khagram (2005) advocate averaging the values of dependent and independent variables over time to reduce measurement error.”
The psychological consequences of income inequality (2017, background): “…more income inequality have more sociopolitical instability (assassinations, coups, riots, etc.; Alesina & Perotti, 1996), have worse institutions (less efficient governments, higher regulatory burdens, weaker rule of law, etc.; Easterly, 2007), and have more corruption (Jong‐sung & Khagram, 2005).”
A Vision for Human Well-Being: Transition to Social Sustainability (2012, neutral): “It may inhibit economic growth in developing countries [81], reduce sustainability [82 – 85], promote corruption [86], and play a role in destabilizing economies [87].”
The relationship between corruption and income inequality in U.S. states: evidence from a panel cointegration and error correction model (2010, background): “According to You and Khagram (2005) , the individuals who belong to high income groups have more opportunities and resources to engage in corruption.”
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Six, One, or None? (2010, background): “Several studies (see Sandholtz and Koetzle, 2000; You and Khagram, 2005; Tavits, 2007) use CC or TI’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as a dependent variable and the Freedom House ‘political freedoms’ index as an independent variable.”
Individualism–collectivism, governance and economic development (2015, neutral): “Inequality can worsen government quality (You and Khagram 2005) and can undermine long-run growth either directly (Easterly 2007) or through its effect on governance (Halter et al. 2014).”