<font size="2" face="CMR10"><font size="2" face="CMR10">This paper analyzes the existing relationship between ethnolinguistic fractionalization, corruption and the growth rate of a country. We provide a simple theoretical model. We show that a non-linear relationship between fractionalization and corruption exists: corruptionis high in homogeneous or...</font></font>

This paper analyzes the existing relation between corruption and economic growth andexamines the possible outcome of a reform implemented by the State to weed out or reducecorruption. It will be stressed that the reform against corruption tends, if not deemed bythe operators to last in time, to...