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Globalization, (fighting) corruption and development : how are these phenomena linearly and nonlinearly related in wealth effects?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - Is globalization instrumental in fighting corruption? Do wealth effects matter in this fight? Are findings … corruption (corruption-control) effects. Thus the intuition is assessing how globalization is instrumental in the fight against … corruption through human development (economic and social dimensions) and government quality (political dimension). Findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410065
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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count : what do wealth effects tell us?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight … against corruption across developing nations? How do wealth effects play-out when existing corruption-control levels matter in … the corruption battle? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption-control throughout the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410217
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Foreign Aid and Corruption : Clarifying Murky Empirical Conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna - 2019
This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012904576
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International Aid, Corruption and Fiscal Policy Behavior
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
The Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) debate on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption' has … reducing (increasing) corruption (corruption-control) are discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047703
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On the Channels of Foreign Aid to Corruption
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption …' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note … extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign aid to corruption in 53 African countries for the period 1996 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032534
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On the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
The Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) finding that aid deters corruption could have an important influence on policy and … updated data (1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development … assistance fuels (mitigates) corruption (the control of corruption) in the African continent. As a policy implication, the Okada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032573
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Globalization, (Fighting) Corruption and Development : How are These Phenomena Linearly and Nonlinearly Related in Wealth Effects?
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
Purpose – Is globalization instrumental in fighting corruption? Do wealth effects matter in this fight? Are findings … corruption (corruption-control) effects. Thus the intuition is assessing how globalization is instrumental in the fight against … corruption through human development (economic and social dimensions) and government quality (political dimension). Findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032579
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Corporate Income Taxation in the Digital Age : Africa in the Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019
Etter-Phoya, Rachel - 2019
African nations must adopt policies to counter corporate tax avoidance, especially in a digital economy. The Corporate Tax Haven Index of 2019, developed by the Tax Justice Network, is the first systematic, unpoliticised and verifiable measure of how jurisdictions facilitate abusive tax activity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859810
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Institutions and governance in Mozambique : a bird's eye view based on existing databases
Ferreira, Ines A. - 2024
Using publicly available databases and drawing on a wide range of indicators, this paper reviews the institutional performance of Mozambique across seven broad categories: rule of law and judicial independence; voice and freedom of expression/association; political participation; accountability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014465278
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Cointegrating Institutions : The Time-Series Properties of Country Institutional Measures
Sobel, Russell S. - 2010
A country's political and economic institutions are critical for economic prosperity. The literature abounds with institutional measures, precisely because institutions are not one dimensional. We use panel-unit-root and cointegration tests to examine the time-series properties of several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757642