Add to ORKGUsing 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.Corruption; Government size; Democracy; Panel data
How does political decentralization affect the frequency and costliness of bribe extraction by corru...
Economists have a long argue that political process such as democracy and corruption are important f...
Objective This paper studies the direct and indirect impacts of political regimes on corruption. Whe...
Using panel data from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that the effect of government size on corruptio...
Previous studies on the effect of government size on corruption have produced mixed results. For the...
Evidence on the relationship between government size and corruption is mixed, and might be misleadin...
Corruption is receiving a lot of attention globally and researchers have been discussing issues rela...
Several authors claim to provide evidence that government corruption is less severe in small than in...
The purpose of this article is to examine the causality between government size and corruption, and ...
A big size government fosters corruption, which can lead to inefficiencies and resource costs that i...
Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, scholars have found that while corruption i...
Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, numerous scholars have found empirically t...
What is the impact of democracy on corruption? In most models, analysts assume a negative relationsh...
In the literature on political economy and public choice, it is typically assumed that government si...
We examine the effect of democracy as an institutional context on individuals’ perceptions of govern...
How does political decentralization affect the frequency and costliness of bribe extraction by corru...
Economists have a long argue that political process such as democracy and corruption are important f...
Objective This paper studies the direct and indirect impacts of political regimes on corruption. Whe...
Using panel data from 1996 to 2005, this paper shows that the effect of government size on corruptio...
Previous studies on the effect of government size on corruption have produced mixed results. For the...
Evidence on the relationship between government size and corruption is mixed, and might be misleadin...
Corruption is receiving a lot of attention globally and researchers have been discussing issues rela...
Several authors claim to provide evidence that government corruption is less severe in small than in...
The purpose of this article is to examine the causality between government size and corruption, and ...
A big size government fosters corruption, which can lead to inefficiencies and resource costs that i...
Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, scholars have found that while corruption i...
Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, numerous scholars have found empirically t...
What is the impact of democracy on corruption? In most models, analysts assume a negative relationsh...
In the literature on political economy and public choice, it is typically assumed that government si...
We examine the effect of democracy as an institutional context on individuals’ perceptions of govern...
How does political decentralization affect the frequency and costliness of bribe extraction by corru...
Economists have a long argue that political process such as democracy and corruption are important f...
Objective This paper studies the direct and indirect impacts of political regimes on corruption. Whe...