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International Reserve Holdings with Sovereign Risk and Costly Tax Collection

Aizenman, Joshua; Marion, Nancy P. - Santa Cruz Institute for International Economics … - 2003

political corruption reduce the demand for international reserves and increase external borrowing. We provide evidence to …

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Time series analysis of the nexus among corruption, political instability and judicial inefficiency in Pakistan

Ismail, Aisha; Rashid, Kashif - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 48 (2014) 5, pp. 2757-2771

The purpose of this study is two folds: firstly, to analyze the direction of causality between corruption and political … instability directly and secondly, to determine the causality between corruption and political instability indirectly through … judicial inefficiency in Pakistan. The causality between corruption, political instability and judicial inefficiency is tested …

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Causes of corruption in European countries: history, law, and political stability

MacDonald, Ronald; Majeed, Muhammad Tariq - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2011

This study asks why corruption is increasing in European countries and what are the most important factors that explain … such corruption? Although corruption scandals, speeches and reports indicate that corruption persists in European countries … no one has tested the causes of corruption in European countries and this study is, to the best of our knowledge, the …

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Consequences of Political Instability, Governance and Bureaucratic Corruption on Inflation and Growth: The Case of Pakistan

Haider, Adnan; Din, Musleh ud; Ghani, Ejaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

by low inflation, robust growth and low level of bureaucratic corruption due to better governance. In contrast, the … corruption, high inflation due partly to reliance on seigniorage to finance public spending, and lackluster growth. Using annual …

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The Determinants of Private Domestic Investment in Nigeria

Bakare A.S - In: Far East Journal of Psychology and Business 4 No 2 Paper 3 August (2011) 3, pp. 27-37

investment is more efficient and less closely associated with corruption. This study however analyzed the determinants of private …

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Inequality and Economic Growth

KEFI, Mohamed Karim; Zouhaier, Hadhek - In: Asian Economic and Financial Review 2 (2012) 8, pp. 1013-1025

The objective of this paper is to study the effect of in equality on economic growth of a set of eight developing countries during the period 2000-2009, using a dynamic panel data model and a simultaneous equations model. The key findings generated from these two empirical tests stipulate a...

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Public Investment under Ethnic Diversity and Political Uncertainty

Bohn, Frank - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2005

This paper addresses the puzzle that public services in some developing countries, especially in Africa, are poor despite large public expenditure. The intertemporal model here studies a government’s optimal choice between redistribution and public investment. Ethnic diversity and political...

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White Elephants and the Limits to Efficient Investment

Bohn, Frank - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2004

refrain from anti-corruption investment, even if they are not rent-seeking themselves. …

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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability

Asiedu, Elizabeth - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005

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Causes of corruption: a survey of cross-country analyses and extended results

Pellegrini, Lorenzo; Gerlagh, Reyer - In: Economics of Governance 9 (2008) 3, pp. 245-263

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