We use a data set of federal corruption convictions in the U.S. to investigate the causes and consequences of … corruption. More educated states, and to a less degree richer states, have less corruption. This relationship holds even when we … use historical factors like education in 1928 or Congregationalism in 1890, as instruments for the level of schooling …

We use a data set of federal corruption convictions in the U.S. to investigate the causes and consequences of … corruption. More educated states, and to a less degree richer states, have less corruption. This relationship holds even when we … use historical factors like education in 1928 or Congregationalism in 1890, as instruments for the level of schooling …

concerns by means of internal instruments, I find that the levels of education, government size, globalisation, and economic …, corruption and income inequality are detrimental to social cohesion. …

the perceived level of corruption in a country. The study finds that corruption is significantly correlated to GNP per …

over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable estimation techniques to identify a causal relationship between …