Despite the abundant research on economic development, corruption and political instability, little research has … corruption, political instability and economic development in the ECOWAS using the Granger causality test within a multivariate …-causes economic development in the short term, while political instability and economic development Granger-cause corruption in the …

stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate … corruption-control. On the other hand, in the absence such impunity from corruption, political instability further fuels … corruption. Our findings validate both hypotheses. Hence, contrary to a stream of the literature, we establish causal evidence of …

Despite the abundant research on economic development, corruption and political instability, little research has … corruption, political instability and economic development in the ECOWAS using the Granger causality test within a multivariate …-causes economic development in the short term, while political instability and economic development Granger-cause corruption in the …