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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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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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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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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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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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Corruption and the Institutional Environment for Growth
Heckelman, Jac C.; Powell, Benjamin - Economics Department, Suffolk University - 2008
Several cross-country studies have found that corruption is detrimental to economic growth, but the findings are not … universally robust. We utilize the economic freedom index to examine if corruption can facilitate growth by allowing entrepreneurs … corruption is growth enhancing when economic freedom is most limited but the beneficial impact of corruption decreases as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005533284
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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 - In: The Pakistan Development Review 50 (2011) 4, pp. 773-807
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 lacklustre growth. Using annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166989