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Corruption and the efficiency of capital investment in developing countries

O'Toole, Conor M.; Tarp, Finn - 2012

This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from …

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Empirical estimates of fiscal multipliers for South Africa

Kemp, Johannes Hermanus - 2020

Despite the frequent use of fiscal policy for stabilization purposes and the important role fiscal activism has played over the last decade, the size of budgetary multipliers (i.e. the output response following an exogenous shock to fiscal policy) has been heatedly debated at the theoretical and...

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A medium-sized, open-economy, fiscal DSGE model of South Africa

Kemp, Johannes Hermanus; Hollander, Hylton - 2020

Much of the research on fiscal multipliers has used reduced form modelling approaches. While these models have been extended to include richer controls and identification approaches, it remains unclear whether shocks identified capture the true structural shocks. An alternative way to identify...

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Do fiscal regimes matter for fiscal sustainability in South Africa? A Markov-switching approach

Woldu, Gabriel Temesgen - 2020

This paper empirically examines South Africa's fiscal sustainability through a Markovswitching model which utilizes quarterly datasets for the period from 1960 to 2019. The results show that public debt responds positively, demonstrating a sustainable fiscal policy. Furthermore, considering the...

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Firm-level corruption in Vietnam

Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2010

This paper uses a unique panel dataset on firm-level corruption. It contains quantitative information on bribe payments …

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Women legislators and economic performance

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Min, Brian; … - 2018

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last 20 years. While there is evidence that raising the share of women politicians has substantive impacts on the composition of government spending, there is scarcely any evidence of how it influences...

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Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industries

Marcolongo, Giovanna; Zambiasi, Diego - 2022

of offshore entities as an indicator of corruption risk. We find that the number of new shell companies increases by 11 … the award of an exploration licence increases the risk of corruption. Consistent with rent-maximising behaviour, this … association is stronger when the price of oil increases. Our work informs the fight against corruption, proposing greater …