Similar Search Results

Government spending, corruption and economic growth

d'Agostino, G.; Dunne, J.P; Pieroni, L. - Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit … - 2012

This paper considers the effects of corruption and government spending on economic growth. It starts from an endogenous … growth model and extends it to account for the detrimental effects of corruption on the potentially productive components of … and the results show, first, that the growth rate is strongly influenced by the interaction between corruption and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249396

Government spending, corruption and economic growth

d'Agostino, Giorgio; Dunne, Paul J.; Pieroni, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112179

A Demographic Study of African Attitudes on Bribery

Hernandez, Teresa - 2014

This paper examines ethical opinion on bribe taking in four African countries – South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Nineteen demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, etc.) are also examined. Although all countries expressed a strong opposition to bribe taking, opposition was...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055207

Corruption and growth in Africa

D'Agostino, Giorgio; Dunne, Paul; Pieroni, L. - In: European journal of political economy 43 (2016), pp. 71-88

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636040

Size of the Military Sector and Economic Growth : A Panel Data Analysis of Africa and Latin America

Stroup, Michael D.; Heckelman, Jac C. - 2014

We estimate the influence of defense spending and military labor use on economic growth in African and Latin American countries. Our model integrates disparate implications from the defense economics literature into a Barro-style model of economic growth that controls for political and economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070945

Mining and local corruption in Africa

Kotsadam, Andreas; Olsen, Eivind Hammersmark; Knutsen, … - 2015 - This version April 2015

We investigate whether mining affects local-level corruption in Africa. Several cross-country analyses report that … natural resource production and wealth have adverse effects on political institutions, for instance by increasing corruption …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530535

The impacts of corruption on firm performance : some lessons from 40 African countries

Williams, Colin C.; Kedir, Abbi Mamo - In: Journal of developmental entrepreneurship : JDE ; a … 21 (2016) 4, pp. 1-18

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645239

Pre-industrial and post-war economic development : is there a link?

Burkett, John P.; Humblet, Catherine; Putterman, Louis G. - 1997

What became the post-War era's "less developed countries" (LDCs) varied enormously in their pre- modern or pre-industrial economic conditions. We hypothesize that if these countries are arrayed on a continuum of pre-industrial development such as that of the demographer Ester Boserup, countries...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504438

Global Insecurity,Transparency and Sustainable Development:African Challenges

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

and corruption not only remain, they have become the primary development challenges of the 21st century. In particular …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112282

Genuine Wealth Per Capita As a Measure of Sustainability and the Negative Impact of Corruption on Sustainable Growth in Sub-Sahara Africa

Forson, Joseph Ato - 2017

In this paper, we argue that the answer to the question of whether the impact of corruption on development is … corruption, we are able to point out that institutions play important role in insulating citizens against the devastation caused … by corruption. Overall, through this comparison, we are able to signal that both incidental and systematic corruption …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962919

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last