Colonialism, Elite Formation and Corruption
This paper argues that corruption in developing countries has deep historical roots; going all the way back to the characteristics of their colonial experience. The degree of European settlement during colonial times is used to di¤erentiate between types of colonial experience, and is found to be a powerful explanatory factor of present-day corruption levels. The relationship is non-linear, as higher levels of European settlement resulted in more powerful elites (and more corruption) only as long as Europeans remained a minority group in the total population.
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2010
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Authors: | Angeles, Luis ; Neanidis, Kyriakos C. |
Institutions: | School of Economics, University of Manchester |
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