This study offers fresh insights on and investigates the effects of corruption on foreign direct investment (FDI …) inflow from 1995 to 2009 in 16 Asian economies. The empirical result suggests that a 1 percent increase in corruption level … triggers an approximately 9.1 percentage point decrease in FDI inflow. Thus, some of the arguments that corruption does not …

investment (FDI) and economic growth amidst financial sector development (FSD) and corruption covering a sample period of 2002 to … beyond). Also, control of corruption significantly interacts negatively with FDI and GDP per capita irrespective of the GDP … hand, the interacting effect of control of corruption is inimical to FDI-growth nexus at all growth levels. It is pertinent …

estimated TLCIs for Europe and Asia are 0.534 and -0.735, respectively, on the control of corruption scale, which ranges from … and sub-regions. However, South, East and Southeast Asia showed the smallest decline among developing economies and … remained the largest recipient of FDI inflows. Meanwhile, approximately 68% of the countries in Asia scored less than the …

China. We also find that corruption strongly reduces tax revenue. Looking at things from an expenditure point of view we … observe that corruption significantly decreases government spending on education, R&D and public health in China. We also …. -- Corruption ; China ; Government ; Economic Development ; Inequality ; Environment …