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Corruption, economic growth and the informal sector : empirical evidence from developing countries
Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Njoya, Loudi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
informal sector in the presence of corruption. The impact of the interaction between growth and corruption on economic … the empirical literature because it studies the effect of the interaction between growth and corruption in the informal …, economic growth interacts with corruption and produces negative net effects up to a corruption threshold of 4.79745 when this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817792
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The role of economic prosperity on informality in Africa : evidence of corruption thresholds from PSTR
Njoya, Loudi; Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption … rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption … proxy is measured as a decreasing function of corruption such that higher levels of the corruption proxy translate lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817802
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Political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria: Lessons from other countries
Eregha, Perekunah B.; Mesagan, Ekundayo P. - 2019
The study focuses on the political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria with the sole purpose of showcasing how far the country has gone in effectively managing its crude oil proceeds. It presents a brief history on the excess crude account as well as the sovereign wealth fund in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389120
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Political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria : lessons from other countries
Eregha, Perekunah B.; Mesagan, Ekundayo P. - 2019
The study focuses on the political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria with the sole purpose of showcasing how far the country has gone in effectively managing its crude oil proceeds. It presents a brief history on the excess crude account as well as the sovereign wealth fund in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107798
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Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India
Prakash, Nishith; Rockmore, Marc - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2014
The recent increase in the number of criminally accused politicians elected to state assemblies has caused much furor in India. Despite the potentially important consequences and the widely divergent views, the implications of their elections to state legislative assemblies on constituency-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010900539
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Do Criminally Accused Politicians Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from India
Prakash, Nishith; Rockmore, Marc; Uppal, Yogesh - Households in Conflict Network - 2014
The recent increase in the number of criminally accused politicians elected to state assemblies has caused much furor in India. Despite the potentially important consequences and the widely divergent views, the implications of their elections to state legislative assemblies on constituency-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011085474
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Corruption, economic growth and the informal sector: Empirical evidence from developing countries
Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Njoya, Loudi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
informal sector in the presence of corruption. The impact of the interaction between growth and corruption on economic … the empirical literature because it studies the effect of the interaction between growth and corruption in the informal …, economic growth interacts with corruption and produces negative net effects up to a corruption threshold of 4.79745 when this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330033
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The role of economic prosperity on informality in Africa: Evidence of corruption thresholds from PSTR
Njoya, Loudi; Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption … rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption … proxy is measured as a decreasing function of corruption such that higher levels of the corruption proxy translate lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330035
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404629
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Corruption and Growth Under Weak Identification
Shaw, Philip John; Katsaiti, Marina-Selini; Jurgilas, Marius - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2006
weak identification. He finds a negative impact of corruption on investment and economic growth that appears to be robust … investigate other instruments commonly used in the corruption literature and obtain similar results. After identifying an … instrument with sufficient strength we fail to reject a zero effect of corruption on investment and economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005800212