’s corruption levels. Examining a large sample of countries covering a 20-year long period, we found robust empirical support for … the fact that increases in import openness do indeed cause reductions in corruption, a crucial aspect of governance. The …

The paper provides a cross-country empirical analysis of the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment flows …. The gravity model estimates suggest that if control of corruption in the destination country improves, investment flows … from cleaner countries rise more than they do from countries with a higher incidence of corruption. In certain cases, a …