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

Autori
Goel, Rajeev K. ; Budak, Jelena

Izvornik
Journal of economics and finance (1055-0925) 30 (2006), 2; 240-250

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Corruption; Transition; Government and country size; Reforms

Sažetak
This paper uses annual pooled data over 1998-2002 for transition countries to examine whether government size or country size matters more in its impact of corruption ; and whether piecemeal reforms or comprehensive transition reforms are desirable for corruption reduction. Our results show that greater economic prosperity leads to lower corruption and contrary to findings for other nations, a bigger government size seems to reduce corruption in transition nations. The geographic size of a country is positive and significant, suggesting that more spread out countries would have a harder time controlling corruption. Comprehensive reforms might work best at corruption reduction.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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