This paper proposes a preliminary economic model of political clientelism and corruption in developing countries with … weak rule of law. It explains why this corruption is often chronic and persistent, and further examines its impact on … consolidate power by blending in state violence. Political clientelism and corruption are likely to provoke geographically …

and four measures of corruption, thispaper shows that corruption acts as both a push factor anda pull factor for migration … patterns. Based on a gravitymodel, a one-unit increase in the corruption level in theorigin country is associated with a 11 …