Corruption, economic growth, and income inequality in Africa

By Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science

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CORRUPTION'S DIRECT EFFECTS ON PER‐CAPITA INCOME GROWTH: A META‐ANALYSIS (2014, neutral): “Studies using GMM include Gyimah-Brempong (2002) and Aixala and Fabro (2008).”
Governance regimes, corruption and growth: theory and evidence (2008, background): “2 See, for example, Mauro (1995), Mo (2001), Gyimah-Brempong (2002) , Wei (2000), Paldam (2002) and Lambsdorff (2003) .I t is, however, an open question how robustly related corruption is to growth in linear growth models (see Sala-i-Martin et al., 2004).”
Urbanization and income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (2019, positive): “Moreover, empirical evidence has shown that corruption increases income inequality through decreased economic growth (Gupta, Davoodi, & Alonso-Terme, 2002; Gyimah-Brempong, 2002; Sulemana & Kpienbaareh, 2018).”
Why is corruption less harmful in some countries than in others (2009, neutral): “, Gyimah-Brempong 2003; Keefer and Knack 1997; Knack and Keefer 1995; Li et al. 2000; Mauro 1995; Mo 2001; Sachs and Warner 1997). These, and other, investigations have also indicated various ways in which corruption takes hold, such as lowering rates of investment (e.g., Mauro 1995), creating obsta”
Corruption and the Institutional Environment for Growth (2010, background): “Gyimah-Brempong (2002) found that corruption decreased growth rates and increased income inequality among a sample of exclusively African nations.”
Poverty and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Issues and Policies (2017, background): “Gyimah-Brempong (2002) noted that “poverty, slow economic growth, and unequal income and wealth distribution are endemic in African countries” (p. 183).”
Have Economic Growth And Institutional Quality Contributed To Poverty And Inequality Reduction In Asia (2013, background): “Chong and Gradstein [15], Gyimah-Brempong [43], and Gyimah-Brempong and de Camacho [44] concluded that improvements in institutional quality were associated with falling income inequality.”
Corruption, Growth, and Income Distribution: Are there Regional Differences? (2006, methodology): “…Balassa 1978). edu has a positive and statistically significant coefficient, a result that is consistent with the notion that human capital is an important determinant of economic growth of countries (Barro 1991; Barro and Lee 1997; Mankiw et al. 1992; Sachs and Warner 1997; Gyimah-Brempong 2002).”