Naslov
Corruption in Transition Economies: Effects of Government Size, Country Size and Economic Reforms

Autori
Goel, Rajeev K. ; Budak, Jelena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Montecatini-Terme, Italija, 16.03.2005. - 20.03.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
corruption; transition; country size; government; reforms

Sažetak
This paper uses annual pooled data over 1998-2002 for transition countries to examine the determinants of corruption. Two key questions addressed are (i) whether government size or country size matters more in its impact of corruption? ; and (ii) whether piecemeal reforms or comprehensive transition reforms are desirable for corruption reduction? The geographic size of a country does not seem to have been previously considered as a determinant of corruption. Our results show that greater economic prosperity leads to lower corruption in transition nations, while any direct ties to the former Soviet Union do not seem to matter. Contrary to findings for other nations, a bigger government size seems in fact to reduce corruption in transition countries. A country's physical area is significant, suggesting that more spread out countries would have a harder time controlling corruption. The result with respect to country size is robust across alternate measures of size. Comparing the scale of transition reforms, it seems that comprehensive reforms might work best at corruption reduction than piecemeal reforms.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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